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Employees in these 14 counties could be eligible to split cost of child care with employers and state in pilot
Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Feb. 5, 2024, with information on the timeline of the pilot’s launch. With calls from parents, businesses, and advocates to ease the burden of unaffordable child care last year, North Carolina legislators created a two-year pilot called Tri-Share in the budget, based on a model in Michigan, that splits the cost of child care between participating businesses, eligible employees, and the state government.…
Small Business Administration celebrates ‘foundational’ Black-owned child care center in Durham
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) kicked off Black History Month in Durham on Thursday with a visit to Kate’s Korner Learning Center, a child care center with a focus on healing and empowering early childhood educators.…
N.C. public schools saw fewer dropouts, more suspensions and crime last year, new data show
Contents Board legislative priorities, budget implementation Reports on CCP, credential attainment Nutrition funds, ESSER, robotics, and more North Carolina public schools reported a decrease in dropouts during the 2022-23 school year and an increase in the number of both suspensions and “acts of crime and violence,” according to a report presented to the State Board of Education on Wednesday.…
Perspective | Parents recount the power of the science of reading in their young readers’ learning
Two years ago, North Carolina took a huge step in transforming literacy education in the state with the implementation of LETRS training — an extensive professional development program informed by the “science of reading.”…
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