10/6/2025
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State Board of Education discusses new literacy data, school accountability task force
The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) presented new statewide literacy data to the State Board of Education during its meeting on Wednesday. Seventy percent of first graders were proficient at or above the benchmark for the DIBELS 8 (Dynamic Indicators...
North Carolina students face reduced access to fresh, local meals amid federal funding cuts
This article was originally published by Enlace Latino NC on Sept. 22, 2025. Puedes leer esta historia en español aquí. At L. Gilbert Carroll Middle School in Robeson County, Principal Zach Jones watches the lunch line carefully, ensuring every student...
Perspective | NC Community Schools Coalition: A path to achieving educational excellence in eastern North Carolina
“As I walk through the halls of our schools, I imagine if these walls could talk. If they could tell the story of the people, of the pride, that flowed through these hallways for generations. That’s the legacy we are...
The Editor’s Notes
This week is Campus Children’s Centers Week. EdNC is conducting an ongoing study about access to child care and early education on community college campuses. When campuses host or provide early education it is a two generation investment in the parents and the children. Share your favorite stories with me this week at mrash at ednc.org. Thank you!
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