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Education Funding in North Carolina:
Looking Beyond Income
In March, we released a new report by our Research A昀케liate Kris Nordstrom on funding
equity in NC public schools. Education Funding in North Carolina: Looking Beyond
Income examines school funding equity across income, race, and more. It shows that
NC’s school 昀椀nance system remains inequitable for students from families experiencing
poverty, Black students, Hispanic students, English learners, and students in counties
with low district wealth. These inequities have remained largely consistent over the past
decade.
“This multidimensional and more thorough examination of North Carolina’s school funding equity flips the accepted
narrative on its head. Our funding isn’t progressive. In fact, quite the opposite.”
LEAD Ambassadors
The Leaders for Equity, Advocacy and Diversity (LEAD) in Education Ambassador program
creates opportunities for students in Mecklenburg County to develop as leaders who are
informed and empowered to act locally at their schools and at the district level, and to
come together with other student leaders across the district.
During this interactive program, Ambassadors complete an advocacy project that
demonstrates the knowledge and skills they have gained and developed. As part of her
advocacy project, Nanhana Rameshraju wrote an op-ed for EdNC advocating for better
support for neurodivergent students in the classroom; Khloe Moore completed a video
project on teacher shortages; Mariana Osorio-Calle designed an infographic about the
recently redesigned CMS Express stops; and Ryleigh Clark created an infographic about
the school-to-prison pipeline.
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- Kris Nordstrom
