11/6/2023
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2023 Annual Survey | EdNC readers: How are we doing?
From the expansion of school choice to the governor’s state of emergency for public schools, it’s been a big year for education and a big year for EdNC. Tell us how we are doing. Your responses will inform our work...
State Board follows up on graduation requirements, parent hearings, other budget items
The State Board of Education continued its efforts to implement policy items from the new budget on Thursday, including passing new rules for a policy set to go into effect during the 2024-25 school year that will allow high school...
School desegregation: Where does North Carolina stand now?
Recent research shows that while schools are more diverse today than in the past, they are still highly segregated. In a discussion hosted by the Center for Racial Equity in Education last week, panelists discussed some of the causes for...
New law puts a halt on decades-long child sexual abuse prevention program
Editor’s note: This article includes mentions of child sexual abuse. When Alex Mavrogenis enters a classroom, she steels herself for a fight against a near-invisible crisis: child sexual abuse. The Orange County Rape Crisis Center’s Youth Education Program Coordinator comes...
Perspective | The story of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) working across the state of North Carolina, on behalf of young children, their families, and their caregivers and educators, we are filled with the kind of...
The Editor’s Notes
Thank you to the reader (who was not from Montgomery County!) who noticed that I failed to include a shout for Montgomery County Schools for being awarded $8,269,050 from the US Department of Education to increase compensation for educators and increase diversity. Here is the press release.
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ICYMI | Moments of hope from North Carolina’s regional Principals of the Year
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NC lawmakers lowered graduation requirements. Some schools want them changed back.
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State Board of Education approves procedures for ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ appeals
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Standardized tests in NC schools - Who takes them and why they are required
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