50 NC counties and 1 VA county are under alert, including Wake, Cumberland, Durham, Johnston, and Orange counties.

Shortages of teachers, infrastructure and technology workers will hamper schools' ability to provide the best education, facilities and tools to children, Superintendent Robert Taylor said Thursday.

Higher employee pay will be key to running Wake schools smoothly, superintendent says

Wake County Public School System Superintendent Robert Taylor speaks to the League fo Women Voters of Wake County, April 18, 2024

More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

North Carolina ranks 29th in public pre-K enrollment, new report shows

Durham County budget increases funding for pre-K students

Employees watch finished tapioca pearls, or boba, climb a conveyor belt at the US Boba Company factory in Hayward, Calif., Sept. 7, 2018. The Boba Guys chain has opened a Bay Area factory to produce the tapioca pearls that define the popular drink. (Erin Lubin/The New York Times)

They’ve Made Lots of Bubble Tea and Now They’ll Make the Pearls, Too