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The State Board of Education voted to approve its joint 2025 legislative agenda with the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI) last Thursday, calling among other things for higher teacher pay, additional aid for schools in western North Carolina impacted by Hurricane Helene, and for a moratorium on the expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship program.…
Update: On Wednesday, March 19, the General Assembly passed its fourth Hurricane relief bill, House Bill 47, with bipartisan support. The House passed the original version of the bill on Feb.…
In 2021, the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) joined institutions nationwide in the Racial Equity for Adult Credentials in Higher Education (REACH) Collaborative launched by Lumina Foundation.…
BEST NC celebrates 10 years: ‘A decade of innovation. A lifetime of impact.‘
Two hundred education stakeholders, policymakers, and business leaders gathered for BEST NC’s 10th Annual North Carolina Education Innovation Lab to celebrate “a landmark moment in the future of our state’s education landscape,” according to the agenda.…
The William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University recently hosted a webinar focused on how students can engage with artificial intelligence (AI) safely while protecting their social and emotional well-being.…
Education leaders from across the United States and countries like the United Kingdom, Chile, India, and Singapore recently visited Alex Quigley, the executive director of Durham Charter School, to observe, study, and evaluate his leadership, including school culture, team culture, observations, data-driven instruction, and ongoing professional development.…
A Boy Scout hut sits at Abernethy United Methodist Church (UMC) in Burke County. The Barnhardt brothers were locals from the town of Rutherford College who headed off to World War II — one was killed in the line of duty, the other upon return helped build the hut in his honor.…
