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Perspective | The diploma trap, and why The Leon Levine Foundation has issued an RFP

by Russ Altenburg | February 17, 2026

We tell kids a lie every single day. We tell them that if they just work hard, keep their heads down, and grab that degree or diploma, the doors to the middle class will swing wide open.  But for thousands of...

Lt. Gov. Hunt tours Craven Community College, focusing on STEM and aviation offerings

by Caroline Parker | February 17, 2026

Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt’s Future-Ready Community College Tour headed to the coast on Feb. 10 to visit Craven Community College (CCC) and its Institute of Aeronautical Technology and STEM Center. Hunt met with students, instructors, and CCC leadership while visiting...

When rural voices connect: Inside TFA’s rural leadership academy, where staying power takes root 

by Deanna Ballard | February 17, 2026

They came from the coal towns of southeastern Kentucky. From the Lowcountry of South Carolina. From Hawaii, Idaho, South Louisiana, and tribal nations across the country. They are principals, teachers, superintendents, and aspiring school leaders — and they came to Vance County, one of...

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• We All Have to Do More

  Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust | February 13, 2026

• The Morrow You Know

  The Assembly | February 16, 2026

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