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Radical changes to North Carolina's social studies standards Published January 21, 2021 In February, the N.C. State Board of Education is expected to approve new academic standards for all public school social studies courses. The new standards represent an extreme departure from those approved in the past, and parents may begin to notice changes in their child’s social studies lessons as early as the next school year.  The current review of academic standards for the state’s K-12 social studies courses began in April 2019. Many expected the process of drafting, vetting, and revising the...

The N.C. Community College System elected Thomas Stith III to lead it through the coronavirus pandemic and steep enrollment losses. Stith will become president of a system of 58 community colleges that enroll about 700,000 students a year. He now serves as district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, a federal agency that secured more than $16 billion in coronavirus relief for N.C. small businesses. Stith also was chief of staff to former Gov. Pat McCrory from 2013 to 2017. He succeeds interim president William Carver and former President Peter Hans, who left in August to beco...