North Carolina news and resources on expanding high-quality child care, building the early childhood workforce, and celebrating caregivers.| EdNC
As the state grapples with child care challenges, we highlight local leaders working to improve early childhood experiences.| EdNC
Early childhood educator apprenticeships and child care academies have grown in popularity in the last two years. Here's how they work.| EdNC
North Carolina leaders are interested in developing the workforce and expanding child care. Apprenticeships offer a strategy for both.| EdNC
Better pay for teachers, subsidy funding for low-income families, and support for informal child care are advocates' top priorities.| EdNC
Colleges want to reconnect with previously-enrolled adults without credentials. That means strengthening continuing education programs.| EdNC
NC Child, a nonprofit policy and research organization, released statewide and local data tools to measure child well-being.| EdNC
Almost a year after Hurricane Helene displaced Quaker Meadows Generations, a Head Start program in Morganton, the program reopened Aug. 25.| EdNC
The Task Force on Child Care and Early Education is tasked with increasing the state's supply of affordable, quality child care.| EdNC
Live Oak Bank is funding a $600,000 two-year contract with Wonderschool to operate a substitute pool for child care programs in New Hanover.| EdNC
Hunt is promoting her policy priorities, which focus on workforce readiness across the educational continuum, during her statewide tour.| EdNC
North Carolina served many more summer meals in 2025 thanks to the addition of new non-congregate sites, or SUN Meals To-Go.| EdNC
What is a "community school," and how does it thrive in the face of a natural disaster? Visit Owen Middle School with EdNC.| EdNC
The JES Avanti Foundation donated funds to help Woodland Elementary School participate in the Books on Break Program from Book Harvest.| EdNC
The project aims to document student learning through performance-based tasks, live feedback, and a skills-focused transcript.| EdNC
Local, state, and national leaders see engaging future workers as the good jobs opportunity long beyond recovery in WNC and the state.| EdNC
Three North Carolina students have been named Presidential Scholars and NC is home to the No. 1 best public high school in America.| EdNC
Community members recently honored Annie Wealthy Holland, an educator whose work shaped Black schools in NC during the Jim Crow era.| EdNC
A basic overview of the different types of child care and early childhood education available in North Carolina.| EdNC
"Dream. Learn. Thrive." Forsyth Technical Community College announces their new vision, mission, values, and North Star.| EdNC
Northeastern High School has seen football positively impact their school culture. Now as a community school, their growth has taken off. “Football means everything to me,” said Uzziah Harney, a senior wide receiver.| EdNC
On the anniversary of Helene, EdNC is releasing a documentary about the play that became the voice for WNC students.| EdNC
Boost has launched at eight N.C. community colleges, providing students with dedicated advising and wraparound supports.| EdNC
Superintendent Catherine Truitt addressed the State Board on the impact of the science of reading in our local public schools,| EdNC
North Carolina students need safe spaces for expression and opportunities to inform policies that impact their mental and emotional health.| EdNC
EdNC provides North Carolina with data, research, news, information, and analysis about the major trends, issues, and challenges facing public schools.| EdNC
EducationNC reports on stories in rural North Carolina through the lens of anchor institutions - schools, churches, workforce, local leaders and more.| EdNC
Scott T. Hamilton became the third president of the Golden LEAF Foundation in November 2019. In this role, Scott is responsible for working with the Golden LEAF Board of Directors to develop and implement the foundation’s grantmaking priorities and strategies, overseeing the work of the staff and consultants that manage the foundation’s investments, and managing the day to day operations of the organization.| EdNC
Golden LEAF Schools are a five-year $25 million initiative to improve school performance with a focus on math and career development.| EdNC
Scott Hamilton, president and CEO of the Golden LEAF Foundation, outline the long-term goals of the Golden LEAF Schools Initiative.| EdNC
Research shows online resources and community have a positive effect on the mental health of many LGBTQ+ rural teens.| EdNC
Although paraprofessionals do not plan curricula or lead instruction, they need a strong understanding of best practices in reading instruction.| EdNC
The statewide adult learner initiative NC Reconnect launched four years ago. Leaders gathered for the third annual convening on April 8-9.| EdNC
North Carolina is often recognized as a model for its dual enrollment program, Career and College Promise. Take a look at the impacts.| EdNC
Explore the latest data for Alamance Community College including enrollment numbers, first-year progression, transfer, and completion rates, and more.| EdNC
With Trump's reversion of power to states, Superintendent Green needs to work across party lines focusing on student success, accountability.| EdNC
Jeff Cox, the president of Wilkes Community College, was officially named the 11th president of the North Carolina Community College system.| EdNC
After a weekslong standstill in budget negotiations, lawmakers announced a compromise "mini-budget." Among its provisions are step increases for state employees, enrollment adjustments for schools and community colleges, and cuts to the Department of Public Instruction. Read more here.| EdNC
Explore the latest data for Blue Ridge Community College including enrollment numbers, first-year progression, transfer, and completion rates, and more.| EdNC
Stay informed with ongoing news coverage of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Get the latest updates and information now.| EdNC
As the July 1 deadline passes, the chambers of the General Assembly still haven't agreed on a budget. What does that mean for teacher pay?| EdNC
The legislation loosens staffing requirements for providers and asks the state to study other cost reductions.| EdNC
A small North Carolina town that was devastated by Hurricane Helene calls on leaders to help them rebuild their community.| EdNC
The system is asking lawmakers for nearly $100 million to implement Propel NC, the system’s new funding model.| EdNC
EdNC identified four major lessons for North Carolina by traveling to five states leading the way in early childhood policy and investment.| EdNC
Despite the best efforts of communities throughout North Carolina, the early care and education system remains in crisis.| EdNC
Child care is uniquely bipartisan. Red states are making headway in patching a broken system to strengthen families' early learning choices.| EdNC
Four months after Hurricane Helene, Watauga County leaders are pushing for local and state child care solutions as a business imperative.| EdNC
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The Parent Promise program offers parents of students in the Career and College Promise program the opportunity to take one free class per semester at ACC.| EdNC
President Trump's budget proposes significant cuts to education funding and services, including special education.| EdNC
Trump issues seven more executive orders on school discipline, AI, HBCUs, workforce development, apprenticeships, and more.| EdNC
The North Carolina Senate recently unveiled its 2025-27 budget proposal, calling for pay raises for teachers and most state employees.| EdNC
MC Belk Pilon makes the case for supporting community colleges as anchors in Western NC six months after Hurricane Helene.| EdNC
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education could impact $25 million in remaining federal dollars from COVID.| EdNC
CFCC is working with the University of North Carolina Wilmington, New Hanover County Schools, and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce.| EdNC
The child care crisis is a top issue for North Carolina lawmakers in 2025. Here's how other states are facing the issue, and why it matters.| EdNC
The U.S. Department of Education issued a letter banning educational institutions from considering race in admissions and hiring decisions.| EdNC
Read Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon's opening remarks at her Senate confirmation hearing.| EdNC
Attainment is on the rise in Burke County, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The percent of high...| EdNC
Calling for working together, Governor Josh Stein says, "There is no better investment in our future than providing excellent pre-K."| EdNC
TFA continues to shape the leadership of EdNC through those who work on our team, serve on our board, fund our work, and invite us to visit.| EducationNC
The superintendent of Rockingham County Schools was in the first cohort of TFA in 1990 teaching in Eastern North Carolina.| EducationNC
Linda McMahon, an ECU grade, North Carolina native, and WWE executive, is Trump's pick for U.S. Secretary of Education.| EducationNC
The North Carolina state legislature passed a bill that allocates additional funding for private school vouchers.| EducationNC
The North Carolina legislature passed a bill that would strip incoming Democrats of authority and allocate additional Helene aid.| EducationNC