2/16/2026
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EdNC’s Hurricane Helene Playbook: The role of faith and faith institutions after disaster
Editor’s note: This article is part of EdNC’s playbook on Hurricane Helene. Other articles in the playbook are available here. Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. The next day, Denise Teague went to Clyde Central United...
myFutureNC announces 2026 Champions for Attainment
As North Carolina works to meet its statewide attainment goal — 2 million adults with a degree or credential by 2030 — initiatives across the state are advancing efforts to strengthen education-to-workforce pipelines. On Feb. 12, myFutureNC — the statewide nonprofit organization...
Meet the 2026 NC Charter School Teacher of the Year
This article was originally published by the North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools. Stephanie Lane, a first grade teacher at Lake Norman Charter School (LNC) in Huntersville, is the 2026 North Carolina Charter School Teacher of the Year. In this role, she is...
The Editor’s Notes
This Public News Service article features EdNC’s Liz Bell and our work on the nexus of community colleges and early child care.
The State Board of Community College meets later this week. Here is the agenda. They are taking up the formation of an executive committee for the board.
As we continue to roll out our Hurricane Helene playbook, Hannah Vinueza McClellan — who serves as our faith reporter in addition to being our director of news and content —writes about the role of faith in the aftermath of the storm.
“The journalism of listening and seeing well requires time,” Pope Francis has said. “We need journalists who are willing to ‘wear out the soles of their shoes’, to get out of the newsroom, to walk around the city, to meet people, to assess the situations in which we live in our time.”
Hannah’s Helene blessing, included in our playbook, is as important today as it was when she first wrote it two months after the storm. You’ll find the blessing at the end of the article. It’s worth a read.
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