With a new school year underway, cafeterias are once again filled each day as students move through the line to receive breakfast and lunch. But a flurry of policy changes at the state and federal levels are impacting the delivery...
Plus a look at a case study released on the leadership of Carice Sanchez and Henderson Collegiate On April 12, 1995, House Bill 955 — a bill authorizing the creation and funding of public charter schools in North Carolina — was filed....
Two in five children nationwide face clothing insecurity, or a lack of properly fitting clothing in good condition and seasonally appropriate. A Triangle-based nonprofit is aiming to change that through the creation of National Clothing Insecurity Awareness Day. Note in...
Editor’s note: Interviews for this article were originally conducted in Spanish and translated to English by Anya Petrone Slepyan and Julia Tilton. On a Friday evening in Emma, North Carolina, an unincorporated community west of Asheville, noise echoes across the...
In higher education, we are often reminded of the inevitable: We are standing on the edge of an enrollment cliff. The number of people turning 18 each year is declining nationwide, and in turn, annual college enrollment rates are falling....
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda.