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EDUCATION
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.
Trump education cuts in NC

Trump releases all $165M in frozen education funds, says NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson

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NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson says the Trump administration has reversed course on the $165 million it was withholding from North Carolina's public schools.  
EDUCATION - Cardinal & Pine

Opinion: NC public schools are the beating heart of our communities. They deserve better.

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A former social studies teacher in NC public schools says state and federal leaders are failing to uphold their obligation to education. 
Helene Kids Camp in NC

Trump’s freeze on education funding shorts NC schools recovering from Helene

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NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson said President Trump's freeze on federal education funding includes $18 million going to western NC schools recovering from Helene.