Click here for a study by Helen Ladd and others at Duke University on the Impact of North Carolina’s Early Childhood Initiatives on Special Education Placements in Third Grade.

• Duke Study: High-quality early education could reduce costs

  The Washington Post | February 3, 2015

• Guilford County: After Ed-Tech Meltdown, a District Rebounds

  Education Week | January 27, 2015

• Obama Budget Seeks Boosts for Early Ed., High Schools, Technology

  Education Week | February 2, 2015

• School spending per student drops for the second year in a row

  The Hechinger Report | February 2, 2015

• New oversight weighed after tax-funded charter schools fail

  AP, The Hickory Daily Record | February 2, 2015

• KIPP Durham receives harsh reception

  The Durham Herald Sun | February 2, 2015

• The Shrinking American Middle Class

  The Upshot: The New York Times | January 26, 2015

• Closing Education Gap Will Lift Economy, a Study Finds

  The New York Times | February 2, 2015

• U.S. Teacher-Prep Rules Face Heavy Criticism in Public Comments

  Education Week | February 2, 2015

• Do U.S. Teachers Really Teach More Hours?

  Education Week | February 2, 2015

• True Or False? Free And Reduced-Price Lunch = Poor

  NPR Ed | January 30, 2015

• ‘Read Charlotte’ wants to double the percentage of children reading proficiently

  The Charlotte Observer | February 3, 2015

• Wake County school board looking to restore tenure rights for teachers

  The News & Observer | February 2, 2015

• Pender County school board approves laptops purchase

  The Wilmington Star News | February 2, 2015

• Pender school officials rebuffed by commissioners

  The Wilmington Star News | February 2, 2015

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