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Senate passes budget with multiple education items, including teacher raises
Contents More on educator raises Hurricane Helene aid School choice and charters Literacy, learning, and cellphones Student health and safety School funding K-12 budget reductions AI, book challenges, and more Update: The Senate passed its budget proposal on Thursday, April 17, largely along party lines.…

Latino youth explore future in sustainable agriculture at Central Carolina Community College
Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Enlace Latino NC. About 40 students from Wake, Lee, Durham, and Sampson counties descended on the Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) farm in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on Saturday to learn about sustainable agriculture.…

Perspective | Where are the Black male teachers?
In nearly 26 years in education, as a student, teacher, mentor, assistant principal, dean, director, and now a principal, I’ve rarely been taught by or worked alongside Black men.…
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