New from EdNC
A look at education bills filed so far this session at the General Assembly
Contents Teacher and principal pay Diversity, equity, and inclusion School choice and private school vouchers Student health and safety School calendar flexibility Cellphones in schools School nutrition Other notable bills All education-related bills Both the House and Senate deadlines for bill filing have passed, and a lot of legislation filed so far this session could impact North Carolina’s public schools.…
Community college bills to follow during the 2025 legislative session
Contents Dual enrollment and apprenticeships Child care bills Eliminating DEI LMS, voter ID, and more More than 50 bills that would impact community colleges and postsecondary education have been filed by the General Assembly during this year’s legislative long session.…
NC Reconnect, North Carolina’s effort to reenroll adult learners, launched four years ago. What have colleges learned?
North Carolina leaders, education stakeholders, and representatives from N.C. community colleges gathered in Greensboro April 8-9 for the John M. Belk Endowment’s (JMBE) third annual adult learner convening.…
Perspective | Self-care as the foundation: Sustaining educators & communities across WNC
“We don’t even have a language for this emotion, in which the wonderful comes wrapped in the terrible, joy in sorrow, courage in fear.…
The Editor’s Notes
Here is the Senate’s budget bill.
Here is the Senate’s Committee Report.
Need to know
As higher ed faces new pressures, UNC’s president and staff leader offer sobering assessments
"The public confidence in higher education nationally has fallen, reflecting a broad trend of weakening trust in institutions of all kinds.”... Read the rest
