In the midst of a statewide (and national) debate on returning to in-person learning, Edgecombe County Public Schools (ECPS) brought middle and high school students back in person on Jan.…
A group of nonprofits are making a push to get more students to fill out the FAFSA — or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — after North Carolina students “left an estimated $107 million on the table” by not filling it out in 2020, according to a press release.…
In response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our schools and our students, the North Carolina State Board of Education, the governor’s office, American Ripples, and local public school districts joined together to create the North Carolina Education Corps, a project to provide support to school districts while creating jobs for North Carolinians.…
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services recently released data regarding infant deaths in 2019. With coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to dominate the attention of the media and the public alike, the release of the new data wasn’t highly publicized.…
Analisa Sorrells is a Master in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School and previously worked as chief of staff and associate director of policy for EducationNC.
