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National Conference Focused on STEM Education
March 13, 2013 - More than 700 educators, students, innovators and leaders from business and government gathered March 11-12 in the Triangle for the Scaling STEM: Strategies That Engage Minds Conference. The two-day event focused...
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NC's community colleges open more access to high school students
February 28, 2013 - The evidence keeps growing: High school students need more access to college courses to graduate well-prepared for the challenges that await them, whether they're bound for a two- or four-year degree or at least some...
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Early College EAST wins engineering competition
February 18, 2013 - The Early College EAST High School Engineering Club has won a trip to Hanover, Germany, in Phoenix Contact's Nanoline Contest. The company announced the winner on Saturday, February 16, to kick off its National Engineers...
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Commentary: North Carolina's Educational Progress Is No Accident
By Tony Habit--Among the usual indicators issued last year on the performance of North Carolina students -- from ABCs results to dropout rates -- were two that...
30 JAN 2013
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North Carolina's innovative schools continue progress in eliminating dropouts
42 NC New Schools partner schools had no dropouts;No 9th graders dropped out from 79 schoolsNorth Carolina's innovative schools continue to demonstrate strong...
11 JAN 2013
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Applications due for prospective STEM teachers
Applications for NC STEP -- the North Carolina STEM Teacher Education Program -- are due on Tuesday, Jan. 15. NC STEP is a lateral entry teacher certification...
10 JAN 2013
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Designing a School Where All Students Will Be Successful
The Carnegie Corporation of New York highlights NC's Northeast Regional School of Biotechnology and Agriscience (NERSBA) with a story in the foundation's...
6 JAN 2013
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Commentary: Making learning relevant
By Lynne Garrison, Vice President, NC New Schools -- James Guy, a history teacher at Edgecombe Early College High School, had his doubts about using learning...
28 NOV 2012












