The U.S. News & World Report released its updated lists ranking public North Carolina elementary, middle, and high schools for 2024. Rankings are based on factors such as student proficiency and performance.
For schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade, rankings…
The U.S. Department of Education has issued a new resource, Planning Together: A Playbook for Student Personal Device Policies, which education leaders can use to design policies for use of cellphones and other personal devices in schools alongside educators, students,…
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It was 5:45 a.m. when three buses with “McDowell County Schools” painted on their sides rumbled through the mist into the gravel lot at…
On the evening of Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene was barreling toward Western North Carolina. Our Blue Ridge Community College campuses were uncharacteristically dark and, to be frank, no one expected what our entire region was about to encounter.
Just hours…
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education is meeting this week. Here is the agenda for Wednesday and Thursday.
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