11/6/2024
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2024 general election results, with EdNC’s first look at the impact on public education
The Associated Press has called the election for Donald Trump, Josh Stein, and Mo Green Editor’s Note: This article will be updated at 5 p.m. daily until all races are called and the results are official. More than 5.6 million...
Cookies and the 2024 election: Everything you need to know
On Election Day at Cedar Ridge Elementary School in Surry County Schools, students learned about the election process by casting their vote for a cookie. During the morning announcements, Donna Bledsoe, the 2023 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the...
Curious how students would vote? The First Vote NC results are in!
During early voting and on election day, K-12 students across North Carolina had an opportunity to practice voting and participate in the democratic process. Using First Vote NC — EdNC’s award-winning, online, simulated election experience — future voters pulled out...
Perspective | Defending public education means investing in rural education
For countless communities across our nation, a strong rural education means a strong public education. Last year, I visited Hatton-McCredie Elementary School, a small, rural public school in Kingdom City, Missouri – a town of little less than 150 residents....
The Editor’s Notes
You can see all of EdNC’s coverage of the 2024 election here. In the days to come, we will have a series of articles on moving forward.
The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda.
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7 school districts banned 61 books in North Carolina in 2023-24, according to PEN America study
"Efforts to erase certain stories and identities from school libraries have not only intensified; book bans have become a bellwether of the chilling of public education writ large." Read the rest
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Pat McCrory | NC is prepared to conduct a free and fair election
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GOP’s Tricia Cotham narrowly beats million-dollar Democratic challenge in NC House race
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