Stories tagged: "public schools"

Education COVID relief funding allowed schools to provide meals at no cost to all school children over the last year. (Image via Shutterstock.)
Education ‘We Have to Feed Their Minds’: Why NC School Officials Don’t Want to See a COVID Relief Program End

Schools participating in the federal school lunch program provided meals at no cost for the last year. That will end in June.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska May 12, 2022 1:50 pm EDT
North Carolina DeWitt Powell, Jones Lake's longtime park superintendent, vigilantly guarded the atmosphere of peace and dignity of the park. No litter or profanity was permitted, and Black families could camp, hike, fish, swim or just relax on the lake's shores. Powell, who held his post for decades, established that atmosphere in the Jim Crow era, against the odds in rural Bladen County.
North Carolina How the ‘MLK of Jones Lake’ Made This NC Park an Island of Equality

Jones Lake State Park, North Carolina’s first to admit Black visitors, was a place guests could breathe freely, thanks to its first Black park superintendent.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright February 4, 2022 1:11 pm EST
Healthcare Students and school staff at Inborden Elementary in Halifax County, North Carolina walk the halls on the first day of in-person classes March 15, 2021. (Image by Billy Ball)
Healthcare NC Could Fund Schools and Help People Get Health Insurance in 2022. Will We Do It?

C&P’s Senior Editor Sarah Ovaska shares her thoughts on what important issues we’ll be talking about in 2022. 

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska December 27, 2021 10:29 am EST
Commentary NC educators protest near the General Assembly building in Raleigh in 2018. Education funding was a major point of conflict in the state in the last decade, particularly longstanding funding inequities between urban and rural counties. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Commentary From a Teacher: Why 2020 Election in NC Will Leave Many With Buyer’s Remorse

Voters in NC can expect GOP winners at the state and federal level to invest more in school choice and less in public education.

Kim Mackey Kim Mackey November 9, 2020 11:39 am EST
Coronavirus A doctor in protective gloves examines COVID-19 tests. (Image via Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images.)
Coronavirus Keep Those Masks On. COVID-19 Cases Surging in NC.

North Carolina, like elsewhere in the country, is seeing an uptick of COVID-19 cases as weariness from the pandemic’s restrictions set in.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska October 19, 2020 3:55 pm EDT

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Lactation certificate program student Sierra Bizzell, left, demonstrates a technique with a breast model for program director Janiya Mitnaul Williams March 17. The Cone Health Women’s MedCenter clinic serves women from all backgrounds in East Greensboro. (Photo by James Parker/NC A&T University) Education NC’s Biggest HBCU Is Boosting Breastfeeding and Survival Rates for Black Babies
Teachers dance during a protest outside the state capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina on May, 16 2018. Education funding has been a major concern in North Carolina in the last decade after the GOP-controlled legislature handed down steep cuts. (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP) Education These Are the Congressional Candidates NC’s Biggest Teachers Group Is Endorsing
Early voting begins Thursday and lasts through May 14 for North Carolina's 2022 primary elections. (Image via Shutterstock) Elections Early Voting Kicks Off Thursday in North Carolina. Here’s What You Need to Know
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Voting What’s on Your Ballot: An Explainer of Some Lesser-Known NC Races

A guide to North Carolina's lesser-known elected state positions on the ballot this year actually do, and how it affects you.

Max Millington Max Millington October 15, 2020 2:12 pm EDT
Economy The 2020 Census is nearing a close, with NC lagging in responses. (Image via Getty images.)
Economy Time Running Out for NC in Census Count

This is the week to respond to the US Census. NC risks losing funding, political power and more if there’s an undercount.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy September 26, 2020 7:16 am EDT