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North Carolina early care and education by the numbers: Fewer children, sites, staff in recent years
In an early learning landscape with various environments, funding streams, and requirements, information can be hard to come by. The Department of Health and Human Services’ new dashboard puts the recent information we do have about the state’s early learning environments in one place.…
Perspective | After California, our time is now: Making ethnic studies a graduation requirement in North Carolina
As the country reacted to the murder of George Floyd and several unarmed Black men and women at the hands of those sworn to protect and serve, a surge of conversations around “who matters” resurfaced, not only in our larger social conversation, but also in discussions of schools and curriculum.…
The Editor’s Notes
The House Select Committee on an Education System for North Carolina’s Future has its second meeting today at 1 p.m. It is in room 544 in the General Assembly’s Legislative Office Building. You can watch the livestream or listen to the audio here.
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When Can Schools Get on the Mask ‘Off-Ramp’? 4 Questions to Consider
The big debate about when schools should begin to scale back or do away with universal masking in schools is in full swing now that the spread of the omicron variant is slowing and vaccination rates are rising.... Read the rest
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Wake school librarians defend LGBTQ-themed books that some parents want removed
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Muslim students at N.C. State celebrate World Hijab Day through outreach
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Black History Month: How new rules are limiting diversity education in schools
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Half of Americans Don’t Think Schools Should Teach About Racism’s Impact Today
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Biden's Education Department is backing down from its attempt to block a $100,000 student-loan forgiveness court decision for a 35-year-old man
