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Superior Court Judge David Lee said today that the proposed budgets of the state House and Senate are “woefully short” of what is needed to provide a sound basic education for all North Carolina students.…

Can schools reach students without engaging families? These groups say no, so they’re building connections
When families come to El Futuro, they often don’t know a lot about the education system and don’t feel entitled to tell schools what their kids need.…

Perspective | North Carolina schools are flush with COVID-19 cash. Will they use it wisely?
In a strange twist of fate, the combination of pandemic-related government spending and improvements in the economy has produced a financial windfall for North Carolina schools.…
According to the Insider, “Legislation that would bring the North Carolina High School Athletic Association under tighter control of the N.C. State Board of Education passed the Senate on Wednesday, 28-14, following several weeks of back-and-forth between the association’s leadership and GOP lawmakers who sponsored the bill.”
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