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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By Keith Poston, President, WakeEd Partnership As families across the country wrapped up Fourth of July celebrations, school districts like Wake County Public Schools were working to address a serious funding blow—one that could immediately disrupt critical support for students and educators. On June 30, the Trump Administration abruptly froze nearly $6.8 billion in federal
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By Keith Poston, President, WakeEd Partnership Most Americans may not follow the daily political drama in Washington, but one alarming proposal demands your attention: the push to slash federal education funding and eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. This plan, championed by President Trump and advanced through budget cuts and layoffs led by Elon Musk
Governor Roy Cooper visited Tools4Schools, a classroom supply store operated by WakeEd Partnership that provides free school supplies to Wake County Public School teachers.
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