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How did community colleges fare in North Carolina’s new budget?

by Hannah Vinueza McClellan | September 26, 2023

Contents The Republican-led General Assembly passed North Carolina’s new $30 billion budget on Sept. 22, and the net appropriation for the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) is about $1.5 billion in both years of the spending plan.…

Tyrrell County celebrates turnaround efforts with ‘blue party’

by Rupen R. Fofaria | September 26, 2023

Mary Bridgers stands before a sea of students, teachers, staff, and community leaders in the parking lot at Tyrrell Elementary School in Columbia.…

‘We’re still here’: A trip to the Guilford Native Powwow Education Day

by Caroline Parker | September 26, 2023

Chloe Thompson, a member of the Mohawk Tribe and a senior at the Middle College in Guilford County, moves around an arena with other Indigenous dancers demonstrating the beauty and joyous sounds of the jingle dress. …

Perspective | Inspired by his dad, an Isothermal student got a job in the energy industry

by Ken Garfield | September 26, 2023

Kale Meade of Fallston, N.C., is proud to help Duke Energy keep the power humming in his rural community 40 miles northwest of Charlotte.…

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The Editor’s Notes

I spent yesterday with Mark Sorrells at Fayetteville Tech. What presidents want me to see says a lot about their priorities. Take a look.

Super excited to meet with the Regional Impact Managers of myFutureNC today!

Need to know

• Finding data about a NC public school

  Carolina Demography | September 12, 2023

• Finding data about NC school districts

  Carolina Demography | September 12, 2023

• Finding and using state-level education data in North Carolina

  Carolina Demography | September 12, 2023

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