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Push for pre-K in Forsyth County reveals statewide inequities

by Liz Bell | June 24, 2021

At Church Child Care in Walkertown, a private child care center in Forsyth County, director and owner Theressa Stephens has lost four teachers in the last year.…

Community colleges get 3% raises, budget stabilization, start-up funds for new programs, and more in Senate budget

by Emily Thomas | June 24, 2021

Contents On Monday, June 21, the Senate released their two-year spending plan for the state. For community colleges, the budget includes a 3% pay raise for personnel, $76 million for budget stabilization, and $5.2 million to fund high-cost workforce programs.…

Democrats try and fail to amend education provisions in Senate budget

by Alex Granados | June 24, 2021

Update 9:38 a.m. June 25: The budget passed its third and final reading. It goes now to the House. The Senate budget passed its second of three readings today —32-18 — with Republicans rejecting proposed changes from Democratic lawmakers on topics ranging from teacher pay to the Leandro court case.…

Perspective | Too-low teacher pay has opportunity costs

by Ferrel Guillory | June 25, 2021

What a difference four years, or two years, can make — or not? This year’s summertime pull-and-tug between the power centers on Jones Street and Capitol Square has a movie-rerun familiarity, with the ending now still in doubt.…

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The Editor’s Notes

Later this morning the Public School Forum of NC will release an analysis of the budget proposals and Leandro. Stay tuned!

The EdNC team will be on break June 28-July 9. The next time the EdDaily will appear in your morning emails is on July 12. Alex Granados and I will be keeping an eye on the General Assembly and other major education news. We will be posting updates on the website at EdNC.org and on Twitter @EducationNC. Our thanks to all of you for your support of our work and for your commitment to our students, our state, and our future.

Need to know

• ANN DOSS HELMS REPORTS | Call To 'Go Rogue' Highlights CMS Frustration With NC School Calendar Law

  WFAE | June 24, 2021

• NC DATA NOT INCLUDED | More Than 1 Million Students Didn’t Enroll During the Pandemic. Will They Come Back?

  Education Week | June 17, 2021

• WATCH | Our Highest-Need Students: How Can Schools Deliver for Them Post-Pandemic?

  Public Impact | June 18, 2021

• The right’s coordinated assault on Critical Race Theory in North Carolina

  NC Policy Watch | June 24, 2021

• Student loan 'Bill of Rights' advancing in NC House

  WRAL | June 24, 2021

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