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State Board of Education extends grace period for $3.4 million in WS/FCS debt, and other meeting highlights

by Ben Humphries | September 8, 2025

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

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | September 8, 2025

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

by Matthew Simonson and Microsoft Copilot | September 8, 2025

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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• State Superintendent Mo Green plans to form a task force to study revising how school performance

  WRAL | September 5, 2025

• Mayland Community College adds early childhood preschool certificate

  WKYK/WTOE | September 2, 2025

• Is a late state budget unusual for NC? Why and how it’s happened before

  The News & Observer | October 2, 2025

• Chronic Absenteeism Still a Struggle in 2024–2025

  RAND | August 14, 2025

• Community Colleges Aim to Shorten the Path to Skilled Jobs

  Governing | September 5, 2025

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