9/8/2025
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State Board of Education extends grace period for $3.4 million in WS/FCS debt, and other meeting highlights
At the State Board of Education’s meeting last Thursday, the Board voted 5-4 to extend an interest-free grace period on the remaining $3.4 million debt in state funds overdrafted by Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS). Starting Oct. 1, per the vote,...
Math scores are still below pre-pandemic levels. Here’s how states are working to reverse trends
Math scores nationwide have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels. Among some students, those metrics are still dropping. However, states are stepping up to reverse those trends, coalescing around targeted interventions for low-performing students, screeners and assessments, professional development, and...
Perspective | Reviving bipartisan debate for a new generation
On a cool April afternoon in Raleigh, I stood on the steps of the North Carolina State Capitol, near the place where our state’s laws are debated and decided. In my left hand was a Bible; in my right was...
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myFutureNC in the news | Two Launch states have different approaches, but both are paving the path forward
North Carolina requires all students to have an individual career and academic plan. myFutureNC serves as the convener of a statewide “career development collaborative.” Read the rest
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State Superintendent Mo Green plans to form a task force to study revising how school performance
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Mayland Community College adds early childhood preschool certificate
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Is a late state budget unusual for NC? Why and how it’s happened before
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Chronic Absenteeism Still a Struggle in 2024–2025
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Community Colleges Aim to Shorten the Path to Skilled Jobs
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