- Push to elect Black candidates to Columbus County school boards was rejected by voters
Despite grassroots efforts to put more people of color in local office, voters in Columbus County overwhelmingly supported white incumbents.Read more - This Columbus County charter school faces unique challenges to meet state standards
Thomas Academy serves students who are in the custody of the Department of Social Services or who have been suspended or expelled. Read more - Here’s how UNC Pembroke fared in latest US News college rankings
UNC Pembroke ranked in the top half in a new list of best regional universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report. Read more - Will Bladen County voters increase sales tax to fund school resource officers?
Bladen County voters will decide whether to increase the local sales tax to pay for school resource officers. If they say no, the property tax rate will change. Read more - Test scores start to bounce back in North Carolina’s Border Belt schools
More students in NC’s Border Belt region passed state exams last school year, but the numbers continued to lag behind pre-pandemic scores. Read more
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