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Perspective | Together we can develop a new licensure system that empowers our teachers
Teaching is my ikigai. In Japanese culture, ikigai is your reason for being. It is the thing that motivates you, the thing that defines you, and the thing that brings you joy.…

Brief | Advanced Teaching Roles: Providing new avenues for teacher leadership
Across North Carolina, Advanced Teaching Roles are providing new avenues for teacher leadership, modernizing outdated school organizational models to better support developing teachers, empowering school leaders, and improving student achievement.…

A year after the science of reading law was enacted, what’s happening with literacy instruction?
Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) training is the most recognized aspect of North Carolina’s year-old science of reading law.…

UNC System’s 2022 virtual mental health conference urges statewide collaboration
Upward of 44% of college students report symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to a 2021 report by the Mayo Clinic Health System, and suicide is their third leading cause of death.…

Perspective | Just how much were young children undercounted in the 2020 census?
North Carolina receives $16 billion annually in federal funding that is allocated based on the decennial census. This funding supports health, human services, education, and housing programs throughout the state.…
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UNC System adopts new budget model based on student success and not enrollment numbers
Universities in the UNC System will now be funded based on performance and student success, with a focus on North Carolina students, rather than relying on enrollment.... Read the rest
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These North Carolina HBCUs welcome more out-of-state students as good news
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Students selected for North Carolina Teaching Fellows Class of 2022