It's an expensive and expansive piece of legislation that could "reshape the country’s finances for a generation." ...

North Carolina school cell phone ban on the cusp of becoming law Axios | June 25, 2025 How Rural Schools Are Faring Under Trump EdWeek | June 25, 2025 NC attorney general files civil demand against ...

Plans to close the U.S. Department of Education have come with repeated assurances from President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon that federal dollars will continue to flow and ...

Legislators have filed several bills this session that would shape children’s early learning experiences, including more than 30 bills aimed at expanding child care and making that care more ...

Under current law, public school districts are not allowed to start the instructional year earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26 and end any later than the Friday closest to June 11 — with the ...

Democratic Gov. Josh Stein presented a positive outlook for North Carolina during his first State of the State address on Wednesday evening, calling for the state to work together across party lines ...

Editor’s Note: This article will be updated twice per day while inclement weather continues, once around 11 a.m. and again around 5 p.m. School district and community college closures are determined ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Guilford, listed child care as one of the top challenges facing state legislators in this year’s long session during his opening remarks last month. “How we ...

The Hunt Institute does not lobby. They do not have a legislative agenda. Established in 2001, what they do, according to the website and leaders of the organization, is bring together leaders to ...

Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. From the presidential campaigns to local races, Democrats and Republicans both acknowledged that our early care ...

The North Carolina General Assembly convened Wednesday for the first time in 2025, marking the beginning of the long legislative session, which takes place during the first year of the biennium.

Fifty-three school districts sent 263 school counselors and social workers to support the return of students and educators in Buncombe County after Hurricane Helene On Sept. 27, 2024, Tropical Storm ...