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How will the pandemic shape postsecondary education in North Carolina?
Contents Community college enrollment declines Progress towards the state’s attainment goal Outdated IT and cybersecurity systems Fewer students seeking financial aid Early college as a model to accelerate learning Short-term workforce training key to pandemic recovery In this special report, EdNC looks at how the pandemic impacted education and what that means for the future.…

Perspective | Resetting work and learning after COVID-19
Lessons from the past school year. Plans for the year ahead. For EdNC’s Special Report, we asked leaders to share how the pandemic impacted education & what that means for the future. Read…

Perspective | Reflections on the pandemic from one community college president
Lessons from the past school year. Plans for the year ahead. For EdNC’s Special Report, we asked leaders to share how the pandemic impacted education & what that means for the future. Read…
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education will hold its monthly meeting today. Here is the agenda. At 9:05am, a special treat. Abdur Gant, a student at Edgecombe Early College High School, will share his student journey.
If you are following House Bill 324, the bill passed the House 66-48 with no Democrats supporting the bill and no Republicans opposing it. It goes next to the Senate.
The Healthier Together: Health Equity Action Network is a new public private partnership between North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and NC Counts Coalition. Healthier Together invites organizations that are committed to ensuring equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution to apply for grants in the range of $5,000-$20,000 for individual organizations. Collaborative proposals for larger amounts will be considered up to $50,000. Funds will support plans to support NC communities that experience health inequities and to ensure that individuals from specific historically marginalized populations are able to access vaccines in their areas. In the spring of 2021, up to $500,000 will be disbursed for short-term vaccine equity efforts through August 31, 2021. Deadline is May 14, 2021 at 11:59 pm.
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North Carolina Seventh State Set to Ban Critical Race Theory in Schools
The other states include Idaho, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Arkansas.... Read the rest
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NC House passes bill to limit how racism is taught. Democrats call it ‘book burning.’
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