Ninth graders in N.C. are held back more often than students in other parts of the country. How can schools ensure they’re ready to move on?
Carli Brosseau
Carli Brosseau is a K-12 education reporter for The Assembly. She previously worked at The News & Observer, where she was an investigative reporter and a ProPublica Local Reporting Network fellow.
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After landmark litigation collapsed this month, public education advocates are mulling the next best way to make the state’s constitutional promise of a sound, basic education for all a reality.
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School vouchers aren’t the only way the General Assembly has funneled money to private schools. At least two schools have received grants for new facilities and property.

