8/4/2025
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A decade of transition for NC’s community college system: Who will next lead?
On Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, Jeff Cox, the president of the N.C Community College System, announced his retirement effective June 30, 2026. “As a first-generation college student from rural Alleghany County,” Cox said, “I could never have imagined that one...
Lessons from the military for solving North Carolina’s child care crisis
The U.S. military faced a new threat to national security toward the end of the 20th century. This threat affected the recruitment and retention of our nation’s armed forces, reducing their capacity to defend the denizens of the United States...
Measles, whooping cough, and immunizations: What you need to know as we head back to school
In June 2025, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) confirmed the first case of measles this year in North Carolina. In July, Haywood County first confirmed six active cases of pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, in...
Brief | Lessons from the classroom on implementing science of reading
Editor’s Note: The first brief of an eight-part series from the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation is embedded below on classroom experiences while aligning reading instruction with the “science of reading.” Reading proficiently by third grade is one of the...
The Editor’s Notes
The CDC released new data on vaccines last week, and the number of cases of whooping cough continues to increase in Haywood County, so we’ve updated our recent article on immunizations.
The NC Task Force on Child Care and Early Education meets today.
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PODCAST | Four-year degrees at two-year colleges: A growing trend
Proponents argue that these programs are tightly aligned to workforce needs, more affordable, and meet the needs of people who live far from or otherwise can’t attend a university. Read the rest
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