5/7/2025
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Teacher of the Year Rachel Candaso will chair the Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee
During Teacher Appreciation Week 2025, Gov. Josh Stein established by executive order the Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee, and he announced that Rachel Candaso — a middle school teacher at Wellcome Middle School in Pitt County Schools and the 2025 Burroughs...
Meet the 2025-26 cohort of Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership
Thirty teachers from 24 counties will participate in the 2025-26 Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at NC State University, a year-long professional development program that links educators with experiences across industries. The cohort’s teachers, along with their industry partners...
Child care ‘deep dives’ from the second meeting of Gov. Stein’s task force
The North Carolina Task Force on Child Care and Early Education met in Raleigh for the second time on Monday, focusing on the relationship between early care and learning and various aspects of the workforce. The task force was formed...
Proposed legislative reforms would loosen regulations on child care staffing and capacity
This article was originally published by NC Health News. Child care providers and advocates spent the last year sounding the alarm about potential closures and/or price hikes when pandemic lockdown-era federal funding for child care centers dried up in July 2024. The...
Perspective | AmeriCorps works. Let’s fight to keep it
On April 28, Book Harvest received alarming and tremendously upsetting news: the North Carolina LiteracyCorps — along with more than 1,000 other AmeriCorps programs across the country — was being terminated, effective immediately. The sudden decision by the Trump administration...
Perspective | Joy as resistance: A teacher’s perspective
In a time when education is often defined by data points, standardized tests, and mounting pressures, the Teaching with Joy Network offers a refreshing shift in focus. Founded by two professors at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s Watson...
The Editor’s Notes
Teach For America shared a video message from students in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week. “From heartfelt messages to joyful smiles, their words reflect the difference you make by supporting this mission,” Teach for America said in an email release. “Thank you for believing in teachers. Thank you for standing with students. And thank you for helping us honor the power of education.” You can watch the video on YouTube.
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NC bill may overhaul high school math and social studies graduation requirements
North Carolina lawmakers could overhaul high school math requirements and make it mandatory for students to pass a U.S. history test to get a diploma. The bill passed the House education committee on Tuesday. Read the rest
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