Eligible high school seniors in North Carolina are now automatically admitted to select colleges and universities across the state through NC College Connect, a program that offers a simpler and ...

The Editor’s Notes. Thanks to the support of Sam Houston and the NC STEM Center, leaders from the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and eight high school students from across North Carolina are ...

Sophia Luna is from Asheville, North Carolina and is a policy analyst at EdNC. She is currently completing her Master of Public Policy degree at UNC-Chapel Hill. Born and raised in North Carolina, she ...

A snapshot of North Carolina’s classroom teachers. A total of 92,681 individuals worked as full-time classroom teachers in the state’s traditional public schools in school year 2022-23. 6 Of every 100 ...

The House budget appropriates $32.6 billion in 2025-26 and $33.3 billion in 2026-27, with $18.9 billion and $19.2 billion going toward education each year — making up about 58% of each spending plan.

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Throughout all of the ownership transitions — including from Champion Fibre Company to Champion Paper and Fibre Company to U.S. Plywood–Champion Papers to Champion International Corporation to Blue ...

Last long session, state lawmakers passed a biennial budget that allocated nearly $17.9 billion to education in FY 2024-25. The House proposal released on Monday increases that amount to more than $18 ...

Hurricane Helene came into North Carolina on Sept. 27, 2024 — changing the lives and landscape of western North Carolina. Water records were broken, rivers changed course, and many people were at a ...

Community college changed Paralee Cox’s life. Cox graduated from Blue Ridge Community College last May with a credential in surgical technology. Before graduating, Cox was hired by Pardee UNC Health ...

Introduction “Employment in health care is projected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2032 with 1.8 million openings per year,” according to the U.S. Department of Labor..

The Republican-led General Assembly passed North Carolina’s new $30 billion budget with bipartisan support on Friday, leading to the expansion of both Medicaid and private school vouchers through the ...