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State forecasts $3.25 billion surplus
The consensus revenue forecast for North Carolina was released on Wednesday, projecting an extra $3.25 billion in state revenues for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23.…
HBCU students advocate at the General Assembly
The week after the announcement that lawmakers had formed a bipartisan historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) Caucus, HBCU students visited the legislature to advocate for their schools.…
LatinxEd releases report identifying challenges Latinx students face in North Carolina
LatinxEd just finished their year-and-a-half-long statewide listening tour, #SomosNC. The organization held 250 conversations with students, parents, educators, and community leaders in 36 counties. …
Cooper directs federal funding to mental health supports for colleges and universities
When Susannah High heard in 2021 that public funds would pay for one person at each community college to receive mental health training, she jumped at the opportunity.…
Perspective | New research shows uneven impacts of pandemic on student attendance and grades
While it is well-documented that the pandemic caused large declines in student test scores, recent research by our team at the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina (EPIC) shows that impacts on education outcomes extended far beyond End-of-Grade and End-of-Course exams.…
Perspective | What I wish I’d known about community college transfer
I started my career in the mid-1990s as an admissions staff member and met with many individual students (walk-ins, as we called them) about how to gain admission.…
The Editor’s Notes
The Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) will hold a virtual meeting this morning at 9 a.m. Find the agenda here. Livestream the meeting here.
Need to know
A new study offers hints that healthier school lunches may help reduce obesity
A 2010 federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity among America's children — even teenagers who can buy their own snacks, a new study showed.... Read the rest
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NC lawmakers back dumping earth science for computer science graduation requirement
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How public schools can stop wasting millions of dollars
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Will Restrictions on Teaching ‘Controversial’ Issues Target Science Classes?
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Dual Enrollment Comes at a Cost
