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A vision for STEM education over the next decade
The world is changing exponentially as technology shifts how we communicate, how we work, and how we go about our daily lives.…
How partnerships averted a health insurance crisis for workers in Canton
On March 6, 2023, Jan Plummer along with other Haywood community members found out that Pactiv Evergreen, the county’s largest employer, was closing the local paper mill.…
State Board adopts charter school funding policy ahead of first meeting of newly-enacted Charter School Review Board
This article was updated Sept. 7 following the State Board of Education’s vote. The State Board of Education voted to enact a policy on Thursday that, according to Board Chair Eric Davis, would allow it to exercise its constitutional responsibility of financial accountability over charter schools.…
The Editor’s Notes
For those of you who know and love Sam Houston, please check out and share this report about STEM education in the next decade.
For those of you who are following our work in Canton and the impact of the mill closing on the schools, community college, town, and county, please check out our update on the partnerships that were needed to make sure the mill workers and their families health care insurance didn’t lapse. As I say in the article, in my 30 years of public policy work in NC, it is the best case of community solutioning in crisis I have seen, solving for who can lead, who can implement, and who can fund to ensure health care coverage and that the social determinants of health were attended to more broadly for those impacted. My personal and professional thanks to the local leaders and the philanthropists — you know who you are — for your support as we have tried to create together a new model to do this well.
The State Board will vote today on the charter school review board policy, and we will update our article. Stay tuned.
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Alamance-Burlington School System receives more funding to clean mold
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Governor Roy Cooper toured Moncure School in Chatham County and delivered supplies collected from the Governor’s School Supply Drive
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Progress in Spending Federal K-12 Covid Aid: State by State
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Partisan policy preferences to improve teacher recruitment and retention
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NC TAKE NOTE | Schools Struggle to Properly Count Native Students. Some States Want Them to Try Harder
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4 states mandate opioid prevention curriculum as overdose crisis persists
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CMS gives teachers a somber school supply: trauma kits for potential school shootings
