The North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission will meet Monday, Dec. 11, from 2:30 – 4 p.m., in Room 1107, Department of Environmental Quality, 217 West Jones Street, Raleigh.

• NC in Focus: College Student Impact on Local Poverty Rates

  UNC Population Center | December 7, 2017

• ‘As a superintendent, I am gravely concerned. As a parent, I am outraged.’

  The Washington Post | December 8, 2017

• Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

  The Hechinger Report | December 7, 2017

• Smaller classes sound great. So why are NC parents up in arms about looming change?

  The Charlotte Observer | December 7, 2017

• Why Learning Is So Much Bigger Than School

  WUNC Radio | December 7, 2017

• Madison students explore tech career paths

  The Asheville Citizen-Times | December 6, 2017

• The Contradictions of Good Teaching

  The Atlantic | December 8, 2017

George Barilich

George “Nate” Barilich is an English and film teacher at Enloe Magnet High School in Raleigh. He also serves as director of Enloe Charity Ball leading high school students in local philanthropy. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, a North Carolina Teaching Fellow, and a member of the inaugural class of Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation Fellows. Nate currently serves as an Executive Fellow at EducationNC. Raised in Onslow County, Nate loves all things Eastern North Carolina: salt water, oysters, and vinegar BBQ.