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EDUCATION
NC teachers are facing rising health care costs

‘I feel robbed’: Veteran NC teachers buckle under medical bills

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As the NC State Health Plan faces a $507 million deficit, veteran NC teachers say shrinking benefits and rising out-of-pocket costs are driving them out of the classroom.
EDUCATION - Cardinal & Pine

How the fight to fund NC’s public schools became the 30-year Leandro struggle

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In 1994, low-income school districts sued the NC legislature over paltry funding. The saga known as the Leandro case became a snarl of court rulings and legislative obstruction that is still unresolved.
NC teacher pay and per-student funding

Report: NC teacher pay and per-pupil funding are in a dismal place

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In a dismal new report, a libertarian think tank finds that NC teacher pay and per-student public school funding ranks near the bottom of the nation. 
4-day school weeks

4-day school weeks grow in popularity across the US, but what are the effects?

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School districts in rural places are increasingly turning to 4-day school weeks, but there's mixed data on how the change impacts students. 
Right-wingers are SEL in NC schools

Right-wingers in NC are now targeting SEL, or ‘social-emotional learning’ in schools

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After years of targeting things like "critical race theory" and education on racial injustice, right-wingers in NC have a new enemy in SEL. 
Trump administration releasing education money

Trump administration says it will release billions in frozen federal grants for schools

President Donald Trump’s administration had withheld $6 billion in funding for schools as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s priorities.