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Public schools see minor rebound in student enrollment
Update on 12/01/21: The North Carolina Department of Instruction has released Month 2 ADM data for the 2020-21 school year. We compared the preliminary Month 1 ADM data with the preliminary Month 2 data, and found the following: Month two total enrollment for all schools is 1,499,778.…

Leandro plaintiffs ask judge to order a $1.7 billion transfer
The plaintiffs in the long-running Leandro school finance case are asking Judge David Lee to order North Carolina leaders to transfer about $1.7 billion to fund a comprehensive plan aimed at ensuring students get the opportunity for a sound basic education.…

Perspective | Voices from the heart of our communities: A spotlight on rural school leaders
The following is part of my monthly column, One Day and One Goal: Expanding opportunity in NC. I invite you to follow along as I share stories from classrooms and explore critical issues facing education in our state.…
The Editor’s Notes
To Superintendent Bryant and our colleagues in Henderson County Public Schools, we love and support you.
The N.C. State Board of Education continues its planning session today. Here is the agenda.
The Insider is reporting this budget update: “Cooper proposed his latest counteroffer to legislative leaders last week. Berger said it contained two alternatives. ‘Neither of those were things that we could say yes to,’ Berger said. ‘And in both instances we continue to be very, very far apart.'”
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UNC's Mild-Mannered Change Agent
Reports the "potential for a significant reorganization of the state’s higher-education landscape that would merge the university and community college systems under the leadership of one person—Hans."... Read the rest
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Find a shot: Kids 5 to 11 can now get vaccinated at local pharmacies, pediatricians
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NC AND CANOPY PROJECT IN THE NEWS | Not Just Recovery, But Reinvention — 3 Lessons from Schools Where COVID Innovations Offer New Solutions