7/16/2026
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App State awarded $1.4 million to bolster western NC’s special education workforce, partner with local school systems
A new career pathways program at Appalachian State University kicked off in fall 2025 designed to “address the shortage of special education teachers in rural Appalachia,” according to an article from Appalachian Today. The program is funded by a more...
The ‘hub-and-spoke’ model for addiction treatment in North Carolina
Holly Warren was recently leafing through one of her old medical school textbooks, trying to recall how much instruction she’d received in addiction medicine — trying to recall, “Did we even talk about this? Was it even on our radar?” ...
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The State Board of Community Colleges meets today and tomorrow. Here is the agenda.
The Education and Workforce Committee in the U.S. House passed 10 bills yesterday to begin codifying the Trump administration’s plan to right-size the Department of Education.
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