President’s Note This week, I joined many friends, education and business leaders from across North Carolina at the Public School Forum’s annual Eggs & Issues breakfast—an event that continues to ground our state’s education conversation in facts. The message was clear and consistent with what we’ve been highlighting in In Context: These are not new […]
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April 2, 2026 Today’s North Carolina Supreme Court decision in the Leandro case is disappointing—but not surprising. The Court did not determine whether North Carolina is meeting its constitutional obligation to provide every child with the opportunity for a sound basic education. Instead, it ruled on procedural grounds and stepped back from enforcing a solution.
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Today, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a major decision in the long-running Leandro case. The Court did not rule on whether North Carolina is meeting its constitutional obligation to provide every child with the opportunity for a sound basic education. Multiple courts including the NC Supreme Court had previously found the state was not.
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President’s Note Still Waiting on a State Budget — and Still Waiting on Action for Public Schools North Carolina is still waiting for a comprehensive state budget, and once again our public schools are feeling the impact. Last week Governor Josh Stein, Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, and House Speaker Destin Hall jointly announced
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Nearly two decades ago, WakeEd Partnership launched In Context to help our community better understand the policy and funding decisions shaping Wake County Public Schools. From 2008 to 2020, this platform offered analysis and perspective on education budgets and legislation affecting students, educators, and our broader community. We are relaunching In Context at a critical
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Free classroom supply store has supported 5,886 educators through more than 16,700 teacher shopping visits since 2022 RALEIGH, N.C. — WakeEd Partnership (WakeEd) announced today that its free classroom supply store, Tools4Schools, has surpassed a major milestone, distributing more than $2 million in new classroom supplies to Wake County Public School teachers since opening in
