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

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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 ...

The North Carolina Republican-led House passed its 2025-27 budget plan on Thursday with strong bipartisan support, calling for an average 8.7% raise for teachers, with higher raises going toward ...

The Republican-led House dropped its updated budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 on Monday night, calling for the restoration of master’s pay for teachers, an increase in beginning teacher ...

The 2023 long legislative session in North Carolina included many impactful policies for public schools — among them the vast expansion of public school vouchers, added flexibility for charter schools ...

Share this story Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper released a budget plan Wednesday that would fully fund the Leandro comprehensive plan and provide average teacher pay raises of 18% over the biennium. Find ...

Share this story If passed, SB406 would eliminate income eligibility requirements for the program, guaranteeing up to a 45% scholarship to all N.C. students. It also eliminates the requirement that a ...

Green was born in New York, grew up in Georgia, and is a long-time resident of North Carolina. He attended Duke University for his bachelor’s degree in political science and economics and for his law ...

In 2012, it began with a vision in the head of a fellow at The Duke Endowment. What would happen if churches got involved with improving reading proficiency for young people? A little over 10 years ...

Historically, education is the largest area of the state budget — and that is true again in this year’s new state budget, passed on Sept. 22 by the Republican-led General Assembly. The new state ...