EDUCATION

A panel appointed by North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein calls for raising child care subsidies to head off an ‘early education crisis.’

The Trump administration is freezing federal funding meant to support English language learners, before- and after-school programs, and other public school initiatives in North Carolina.

North Carolina’s SUN Program provides free summer meals for students, impacting 900,000+ kids, featuring nutrition, activities, and new $120 SUN Bucks food assistance cards.

The Rethink Education Facilitator Badge program in North Carolina enhances teaching and learning resilience, showing significant student proficiency gains.

UNC Asheville announced the largest private contribution in its history, a $5 million dollar gift that will transform the University’s approach to student access, success, and athletic excellence.

North Carolina’s brightest young historians are heading to nationals! 67 students will compete at the prestigious National History Day Contest this June.

Hundreds of students at Sumner Elementary School in Greensboro tore into boxes of new sneakers, thanks to a high school senior who plans to become a public school teacher.

Rachel Candaso, a middle school teacher in rural Pitt County, has been named the 2025 NC Teacher of the Year.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the elimination of the US Department of Education. If he’s successful in abolishing the agency, special education students and rural and lower income communities in North Carolina could lose crucial support.

For the sixth year in a row, Rep. Julie von Haefen has introduced a bill to fully fund public schools as required by the state constitution. Republican leaders blocked those efforts, she writes.