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

FILE -- Mark Calabria, director of financial regulation studies at Cato Institute, testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 4, 2013. Calabria, who is being eyed to run the Federal Housing Finance Agency, is a longtime critic of the government-backed housing finance companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the 2008 financial crisis. (Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)

Trump May Choose Critic of Fannie and Freddie to Lead Agency Overseeing Them