5/1/2024
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Bill to eliminate Opportunity Scholarship waitlist moves forward
The Senate Appropriations Committee considered and approved a proposed committee substitute (PCS) for House Bill 823 — titled “Choose Your School, Choose Your Future” — today. The bill would eliminate the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships, which are state-funded vouchers families can...
The question of master’s pay for North Carolina teachers
When Diana Chapman was applying to UNC-Chapel Hill’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program earlier this year, she knew she eventually wanted to teach in the Wake County Public School System — or leave North Carolina entirely. The convenience...
Art is ‘a magical wand’ at this after school program
In a basement across the street from Asheville Middle School, a band of six ready themselves for practice. On the saxophone is eighth grader Trinity Wilson, on the trumpet is third grader Johnnie Rush, and on the trombone is fifth...
The Editor’s Notes
The Senate Appropriations Committee will meet at 2 p.m. today, Wednesday, May 1, in LOB 544 to consider a PCS that would eliminate the waitlist for Opportunity Scholarships.
The N.C. State Board of Education continues its planning retreat today in Boone. Here is the agenda.
The latest issue of the North Carolina Community College Journal of Teaching Innovation is out!
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