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Meet North Carolina’s 2026 Regional Principals of the Year

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | February 24, 2026

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) announced this year’s nine regional Principals of the Year, according to a Thursday press release. One of these principals will be named as the 2026 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year on...

Meeting workforce needs: NC community colleges launch and expand high-cost health care programs

by Sophia Luna | February 24, 2026

The number of health care and social assistance jobs will increase more quickly than any other industry between now and 2034, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s 10-year employment projections released last fall. North Carolina’s labor market, according to...

Perspective | How improvement science transformed my students’ reading and writing

by April Ferguson and Eliz Colbert | February 24, 2026

April Ferguson was selected to participate in the inaugural Teacher Leaders Institute sponsored by Schools That Lead, an organization aiming to equip teachers to lead using the tools of improvement science. Schools That Lead wants to transform how schools improve...

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