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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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