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Scale of tax cuts + underinvestment in public education + expansion of school choice = a state of emergency
Today at 11 a.m., Geoff Coltrane, the senior education advisor to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, briefed reporters about the possible impact of tax cuts being considered by the N.C.…

State Board of Community Colleges elects new leaders
The State Board of Community Colleges held their monthly meeting this week. It’s the first in-person Board meeting with Dr. Jeff Cox at the helm as the new president for the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). …
The Editor’s Notes
Our colleagues at IEI are offering summer camp on ripple effect mapping. I plan to attend. Here is the link to learn more.
This week, I am in Boston with public policy researchers from around the country in the national Governmental Research Association. We are thinking about how to study governments better and hold them accountable given the polarization and politicization of the public problems we collectively face.
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NC IN THE NEWS | How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country
In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.... Read the rest