6/4/2025
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Cracking open child care budgets at Gov. Stein’s early childhood task force
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Leaders in Sampson County sign ‘historic’ joint budget resolution for schools
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Supers, school boards, and county commissions, note the article on Sampson County. “Marking a new era of collaboration and stability for local school funding,” the county commission has let both school districts know how much they can expect year to year moving forward.
Back in 2015, I wrote this feature on Jim Keaten, executive director of school nutrition services for the Durham Public Schools. Recently he was featured on the CBS Evening News!
The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda. In the report on opportunity scholarships, also called vouchers, there is some big news for public schools. Of the 80,325 recipients in 2024-25, just
6,710 (8.4%) were previously enrolled in public schools. Stay tuned for more from EdNC.
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The Houston Landing Is Closing, and Laying Off 43 Employees
This article makes me so thankful for the $20 million EdNC has raised in 10 years, the $200,000 we have to spend on travel each year to all 100 counties, and for the many readers who chose to be part of us. Thank you. Read the rest
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Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses -- NC application due June 15
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In Dozens of Districts, Teachers Can’t Afford to Live Near Their Schools
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