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App State awarded $1.4 million to bolster western NC’s special education workforce, partner with local school systems

by Molly Steur | July 15, 2026

A new career pathways program at Appalachian State University will kick off this fall, designed to “address the shortage of special education teachers in rural Appalachia,” according to a recent article from Appalachian Today. The program is funded by a...

The ‘hub-and-spoke’ model for addiction treatment in North Carolina

by Taylor Sisk | July 16, 2026

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 Editor’s Notes

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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