A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that teachers of color improve outcomes for all students, but many teacher prep programs are actively making the teacher workforce less diverse. #nced #ncpublicschools www.nctq.org/research-ins...

Congratulations to North Carolina's Foreign Language Teacher of the Year - Najoua Ben Ramak, Arabic teacher at Seventy-First High School, Cumberland County Public Schools! #nced #ncpublicschools www.cityviewnc.com/stories/seve...

We hope more school districts call out the state for underfunding exceptional children services. The legislated cap of 13% and flat funding for all students regardless of disability puts essential services at risk. #nced #ncpublicschools portcitydaily.com/latest-news/...

One way to help WSFCS emerge from their budget challenges is to support the full funding of the Leandro Plan. If legislators met their constitutional obligations to students, WSFCS's budget hole would not exist #ncpol #LeadWithLeandro

The current administration is destroying the research foundation that helps Americans know what is and isn't working in education policy. For example, the funding that helped MS achieve remarkable reading gains were cancelled in February. #nced #ncpublicschools hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

Children of disabled veterans are now poised to lose their scholarship funds due to budget cuts. There are so many things wrong with this. Contact your state and national lawmakers! #nced #ncpublicschools www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Taxpayers and parents in TN filed a lawsuit to halt the state's new voucher program. The suit says the vouchers violate state constitution by diverting public $ to private schools that lack accountability and openly discriminate. Sounds like NC! #nced #ncpublicschools pfps.org/parents-and-...

More disruption to student learning. This one is preventable! www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...

"The largest amount of grant funding canceled in NC was $90 M for teacher training grants to recruit teachers to work at hard-to-staff schools. The next biggest was for mental health grants, to train & recruit school counselors and psychologists." #nced #ncpublicschools www.wunc.org/education/20...

Public dollars should come with public accountability. Safety is a big deal! Currently, only ONE staff member at a private school has to pass a criminal background check. That's just wrong. Make schools that get vouchers follow the same safety guidelines as public schools!

The new representative selected to fill Rep. Brockman's seat due to his recent resignation is a former educator and High Point Council member. Good news! #nced #ncpublicschools www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

Good that the federal government is back to work. Now let's get our state lawmakers working on a budget! #nced #ncpublicschools www.npr.org/2025/11/12/g...

Rural communities are going to get hit again if the federal work visa fees go into effect. This story features Halifax County. hechingerreport.org/federal-poli...

Governor Stein has called the NCGA back for a special session to work on a budget. “The Legislature must come back to Raleigh and do its job so that the 3 million North Carolinians who rely on Medicaid can get the care they need.” #nced #ncpublicschools www.carolinacoastonline.com/regional/art...

An end to the federal government shutdown may be in sight. #nced #ncpublicschools www.wfae.org/united-state...

At the State Board of Education meeting last week, members learned that new charter schools opening this year had much lower enrollments than projected, prompting discussion of closer scrutiny of policies and reliance on projections. ncnewsline.com/briefs/laggi...

Check out this podcast with NC's Superintendent of the Year Dr. Rodney Peterson! #nced #ncpublicschools ncasapublicschoolmatters.buzzsprout.com/1986504/epis...

Still astonishing that our nation's leaders are going to court to stop funding food assistance when there is an emergency fund available for the expressed purpose of funding food assistance during a shutdown. The message couldn't be more obvious #nced #ncpublicschools www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

"NC's public school students are making history," NC's students again exceeded the nat'l average in AP passing rates & increased the # of students taking the exams. Investments in teacher training, student support, and paying exam fees is generating excellent returns! www.wral.com/news/educati...

Courts are moving quickly to ensure SNAP benefits don't lag any more than they already have. Let's hope the administration follows the ruling to fully reinstate benefits today! #nced #ncpublicschools www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...

Lawmakers in Mississippi are pushing voucher expansion. This author understands the risks! The same is true for NC vouchers. #nced#ncpublicschools www.djournal.com/opinion/colu...

Our state deserves better. VOTE! "NC's state budget is now nearly four months overdue. For public school employees, that means the school year started without a cost-of-living raise. ...the federal government shutdown brings new worries." #nced #ncpublicschools www.wunc.org/education/20...

"Roughly 19,500 North Carolina children depend on Head Start for their early education and care. Rural counties could be the hardest hit by the freeze, as many depend on Head Start funding for more than 20% of their child care slots." #nced #ncpublicschools ncnewsline.com/briefs/some-...

There are SO MANY reasons why we need a strong US Department of Education. This former Sec. of Ed. who served under George Bush explains why what the current administration is doing is so bad. #nced #ncpublicschools cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/the-former...

The community has come together to support Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools! A collaborative effort of non-profits - All in for Schools - has raised more than $3.6 million to help the district pay off its debt. They have other ways to help too! #nced #ncpublicschools www.wxii12.com/article/wsfc...

Again...lawmakers have left Raleigh without working on the budget. Instead, majority members passed new redrawn congressional districts to benefit Republicans in 2026. North Carolinians are tired of these games. We want real results for people! #nced #ncpublicschools ncnewsline.com/2025/10/22/n...

It's NC College Application Week. Most college waive application fees for students applying this week. Find out more! #nced #ncpublicschools www.wral.com/story/no-fee...

Shameful that NC lawmakers are redrawing US Congressional voting maps to try to get one more Republican into Congress and remove Dist. 1 Rep. Don Davis. Let's just have FAIR maps that allow our state true representation of its 50-50 split! #nced #ncpublicschools ncnewsline.com/2025/10/21/g...

Comments are open on the redistricting of North Carolina's Congressional maps. The new maps were proposed to secure an 11 (R) to 3 (D) majority in NC in the 2026 election despite our nearly identical proportions of R and D in the state. www.ncleg.gov/requestforco... See less

In its first year of vouchers in MO, 98% of the $ is going to religious schools. In NC, over 86% of voucher $ went to religious schools. What happened to separation of church and state? PUBLIC dollars belong in PUBLIC schools! #nced #ncpublicschools missouriindependent.com/2025/10/13/n...

What?!? NC has no budget & some lawmakers think it's more important to spend time making our congressional maps even more gerrymandered. Please refocus on your constituents. We need a budget w/fully funded public schools, Medicaid funding, & more - NOT political games. www.wral.com/story/north-...

Why are we putting up with this mess? Churn = Harmful to student learning. Let's end this Schools Choose Their Students program and fully invest in the public schools that serve ALL students! #nced #ncpublicschools www.ednc.org/as-vouchers-...

It's typical gaslighting by voucher supporters. Enrollment in voucher program grows and it's attributed to people wanting more private options when the reality is that the growth is due to people ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOL getting the voucher. Same story in NC. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

Chronic shortages = big problems! "North Carolina had 1,544 special education teaching jobs last fall that were either vacant or filled by someone who didn't hold a qualifying teaching license. That's up from 616 in the fall of 2021." #nced #ncpublicschools www.wral.com/story/nc-isn...

A large-scale study just released shows that when schools provide social-emotional learning programs to all, students perform significantly better academically than peers in schools without universal SEL. No surprise there! www.k12dive.com/news/sel-imp...

"Teens like the idea of using a chatbot for emotional support. But really, they would much rather seek support from humans who are close by, like the school counselor or nurse" www.wral.com/story/north-...

9 in 10 The number of public school parents who are confident that their schools are selecting appropriate books. www.nea.org/nea-today/al...

Advanced teaching roles, first implemented in 2016, have been a way for educators to grow (and receive more $) professionally as well as keep quality educators in the profession. Unfortunately, state funding to continue the program is in question. #nced #ncpublicschools www.ednc.org/10-07-2025-a...

A new law this year (passed over the veto of Gov. Stein) requires traditional public school teachers to catalog their classroom libraries for the public. But charter schools and private schools are excluded from the requirement. Why? #nced #ncpublicschools #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

This is a classic example of not listening to voters. In Nebraska, voters soundly rejected vouchers in 2024 (That wasn't the first time they had rejected vouchers!). Now, with the help of the federal gov't, they're being shoved into the state anyway. apnews.com/article/tax-...

It's true. Lawmakers have strong security measures in place for public schools but are 100% negligent when it comes to private schools. Contact your legislators and urge them to require criminal background checks for private school staff too! #nced #ncpublicschools www.wnct.com/business/pre...

Supt. Green tells it like it is! State spending on ed is far too low. “This is an opportunity for our state to rise up” Green said. “Certainly to even come close to reaching even SC and VA would be $3,000 to $4,000 per child more than what we’re funding here in NC.” www.reflector.com/apgstate/nc-...

This is another blow to our schools from the U.S. Department of Education. Pulling funding for teacher education that is intended to help Pre-K teachers better serve special ed. students is just cruel. #nced #ncpublicschools www.wunc.org/education/20...

It is Suicide Awareness/Prevention Month. Let's help our educators help our students! www.nea.org/nea-today/al...

Good news...Bad news. "North Carolina Teaching Vacancies Fall 31%. But Numbers Mask Deeper Problems. Fewer open positions from budget cuts and disappearing fed. relief funds, not from solving chronic recruitment and retention challenges. #nced #ncpublicschools www.governing.com/workforce/no...

Looking for ideas for AI use in the classroom? Here are some good ones! #nced #ncpublicschools www.wral.com/news/educati...

Districts close to the SC border are facing teacher shortages. Did you know that teacher pay in SC is much higher than teacher pay in NC? Contact your NC legislators. We need to compete! #nced #ncpublicschools borderbelt.org/teacher-vaca...

Changing how school performance grades are assigned has had bipartisan support for years. Maybe it fill finally happen. While they're at it, let's get some school performance grades for voucher-accepting private schools too! #nced #ncpublicschools www.wral.com/story/nc-edu...

Guess the fed admin doesn't care what's working in public schools. Dropping the blue ribbon schools program means states will have less info about what's happening in other states and won't be able to learn from good ideas across the nation. #nced #ncpublicschools www.chalkbeat.org/2025/09/04/b...

Here's a great idea - put EDUCATORS ON THE BALLOT! What a great way to get elected leaders who understand complex problems and can work with a variety of personalities to get what's needed done for our communities. #nced #ncpublicschools #ncpol www.wunc.org/education/20...