Today Governor Josh Stein and Department of Revenue Secretary McKinley Wooten Jr. celebrated the kickoff of the annual Governor's School Supply Drive. Secretary Wooten represented Governor Stein in joining educators, advocates, and community partners, including State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU), at SECU's Salisbury Street office for the kickoff event.
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The North Carolina Business Committee for Education (NCBCE), through the generous support of the Siemens Foundation’s groundbreaking $9.5 million total investment into the Careers Electric initiative, is launching 12 Summer Electrical Academies skilling 220 students at community colleges across North Carolina. In February, Governor Stein and the Siemens Foundation launched the program to train 25,000 North Carolinians for electrical careers within 10 years.
Today Governor Josh Stein joined Pitt Community College President Maria Pharr and Tiana Berryman, Greenville’s Director of Neighborhood and Business Services, to highlight how the community college’s construction and industrial technology program is preparing students for the construction workforce.
Today Governor Josh Stein celebrated North Carolina’s child care providers and presented a
Today Governor Josh Stein visited Davidson-Davie Community College for National Apprenticeship Week and celebrated the college’s work to train North Carolina’s nursing workforce.
Today Governor Josh Stein announced his recommended budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 to keep North Carolina strong.
Today Governor Josh Stein visited Davidson Elementary School with Representative Beth Helfrich to celebrate Legislators in Schools Week, outline his priorities for investing in North Carolina’s teachers and students, and call on the General Assembly to pass a comprehensive budget.
Today Governor Josh Stein joined educators, students, and leaders from Forsyth Technical Community College and host Guilford Technical Community College to learn more about initiatives in the Triad to train North Carolina’s child care workforce.
Today Governor Josh Stein joined education leaders at BEST NC’s annual North Carolina Education Innovation Lab to outline his priorities for recruiting and retaining excellent teachers across North Carolina.
“If we truly believe that North Carolina’s kids are the future, we must make the job of educating them more attractive,” said Governor Josh Stein. “We’ve seen the impact of ideas that work, like Advanced Teaching Roles and the Science of Reading. We must invest in hiring and keeping the best teachers so kids in every classroom benefit.”