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Seeking an opportunity scholarship? It may be worth more soon.
A Senate education committee gave favorable votes to a number of bills Wednesday, including one that would expand the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program.…

Perspective | Essential but unrecognized: More than money needed for early care and education industry
“If it was not for the governor, we wouldn’t have made it.” The early care and education (ECE) industry needed financial support and respect long before the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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Biden’s $4 Trillion Economic Plan, in One Chart
Proposed ed spending includes universal pre-k for 3- and 4-year-olds; 2 years of free community college; an increase in the maximum Pell Grant award; and investments in colleges and universities serving minority groups.... Read the rest
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Biden Directs Education Funding to Community Colleges, a Key Lifeline
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Biden Proposes Free Community College, Pell Expansion
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Biden Touts Ambitious Birth-to-College Education Plan as Way to ‘Compete with the Rest of the World’
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Senators dial back their push to stop 14-year-olds from marrying in NC
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The 2018 NAEP Oral Reading Fluency Study
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DPI superintendent visits county schools
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ANN DOSS HELMS REPORTS | CMS Report On Grades And Absences Raises Questions About Remote Vs. Hybrid Learning
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Apple, colleges work together to train people for tech jobs
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Virtual IEPs should stay
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Early childhood education advocates worry Senate bill could erode quality of care