3/27/2026
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State leaders explore an education system based on student competency instead of seat time
Students in North Carolina’s public schools are placed in grades based on age and progress from grade to grade based on the school calendar. Teachers go from topic to topic based on curricula and pacing guides. On Monday, state leaders...
NC Principal Jason Johnson is a finalist for National High School Principal of the Year
Jason Johnson, North Carolina’s 2025 Wells Fargo Principal of the Year, is a finalist for the National High School Principal of the Year award, according to a National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) press release. Johnson, principal of Orange...
Perspective | How Carteret Community College is transforming lives inside the Carteret Correctional Center
At Carteret Correctional Center in Newport, something extraordinary is taking place. Behind prison walls, where too many stories are often reduced to mistakes and sentences, Carteret Community College is helping write a different kind of ending one rooted in education,...
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ICYMI, First Lady Melania Trump introduced yesterday a robot she believes could serve as as a teacher. “Imagine a humanoid educator named ‘Plato,’” she said in this New York Times article. “Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous: literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics, and history. Humanity’s entire corpus of information is available in the comfort of your home.”
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Where NC Public Schools Can Take You
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90 groups ask congressional appropriators to increase funding for the Basic Needs Grant program
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Education Department Leaves MSI Programs Out of Grant Eligibility Application
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U.S. Department of Education Celebrates More Than 10 Million FAFSA® Forms Complete
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