5/27/2026
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Ahead of Boost expansion to 7 more NC community colleges, leaders reflect on impact from first year
Marisa Phisyavong-McNellie, a biotechnology student at Johnston Community College, balances many responsibilities outside the classroom. As a mother of four children and the spouse of a disabled veteran, she wasn’t sure if returning to college would be possible after being...
EdExplainer | How North Carolina schools support student mental health, and the challenges that remain
Highlights Students don’t learn in a vacuum. Researchers agree that students’ social, emotional, and mental well-being is a precursor to their ability to engage in learning, develop character, and, ultimately, thrive in adulthood. The state’s public schools are a key...
Perspective | From books to college to life, how one educator motivates students
Hannah Moon is the kind of teacher who attracts students looking for an inviting place to hang out during free class periods. “Can I come sit in your classroom?” calls out a senior looking for refuge during a study period....
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Rural Opportunity, Through Apprenticeship
From special education classrooms in rural Missouri to manufacturing plants in central New York, apprenticeship programs and their higher ed partners are helping workers earn while they learn, fill critical labor shortages Read the rest
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NC IN THE NEWS | Close your laptop, grab a pencil: Inside a school district’s ‘tech-free’ experiment
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The Hunt Institute Receives $2.275 Million Grant from Ascendium Education Group to Advance Postsecondary Pathways for Justice-Impacted and Rural Learners
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Issue Brief: North Carolina Student Parents
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School Choice Is Creating Two Separate School Systems
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It’s Becoming Impossible to Know How Your Kid Is Doing in School
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The looming education funding gap Congress will face
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