Hannah Vinueza McClellan

ICYMI, ✨The 101’s✨ first text went out last Friday! If you’d like a concise, weekly K-12 text update from me,,, be sure to sign up here:

Under the proposal, K-12 teachers and instructional support would receive higher pay raises — 13% for beginning teachers and a 5.8% average raise for other educators. ednc.org/3-9-2026-gov-s…

NC Gov. Josh Stein, Sen. Phil Berger & Speaker Destin Hall announced a new Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education. It will examine teacher training & student advancement, administrative operations, educational leadership & accountability. governor.nc.gov/news/press-rel… #ncpol #nced

Page-Berger race: NCSBE says there are 379 provisional ballots in Rockingham (137) and Guilford Counties (242). Of the 242, not all will be in SD26. Of the 379, most will not be counted. But with a margin of only 2 votes, whatever is counted will have an impact. From NCSBE: Provisional ballots must be counted by 5 p.m. on the Friday after Election Day. If the board determines that the voter is eligible, the provisional ballot is counted. If the voter is eligible for some contests on the ballot but not others, only the eligible contests will be counted for that voter.

Unofficial results show NC State Senate Leader Phil Berger, the most powerful politician in North Carolina, lost his primary by 2 votes. 2 votes! This isn’t done yet—there’ll be recounts in the days to come—but don’t let people tell you that your vote doesn’t matter #ncpol

Impressive and moving bit of journalism by ProPublica's @micarosenberg Children Describe Life Inside Dilley ICE Detention Center — ProPublica propublica.org/article/life-i…

Bad Bunny held up a football at the end of his Super Bowl halftime show: “Together, We Are America.”

“This moment calls for steadiness, clarity, and staying informed,” writes LatinxEd. “We’re navigating this together, step by step, grounded in comunidad, shared care, and hope.” ednc.org/perspective-sh…

North Carolina's Division of Child Development and Early Education has requested funds to reimburse subsidy providers for child care services provided in December, but had not yet received the funds as of Jan. 14. ednc.org/1-7-2026-state…

@danielsilliman I will miss working with you, and more importantly, reading your work! But I’m excited to see what you do next.

A personal note: I am leaving CT.

In Halifax County, 101 of 156 teachers are international. A new $100,000 fee on H-1B visas could effectively slam the door on future hires, according to The Hechinger Report. ednc.org/federal-polici…

NEW: UNC-Chapel Hill WILL raise in-state tuition by 3%, or $211, for 2026-27. Follows two days of extensive, convoluted debate and a committee asking for a new proposal from staff. Administration stuck to their initial plan, which got 6-5 approval today. (Four trustees absent.)

New @TheAssemblyNC: Roughly 1.5 million U.S. college students are among those expected to lose SNAP benefits this weekend. NC community colleges are already feeling impacts and working to bridge the gap through campus resources, like food pantries. theassemblync.com/education/high…

Nationwide, the SNAP program provides average monthly payments of $187 to 41.7 million low-income Americans. This includes 1.4 million North Carolinians, including more than 580,000 children. ednc.org/10-28-2025-sna…

“We must reframe HSI because legislation, policy, and legislators should not dictate the ways we serve students,” said UC Berkeley education professor Dr. Gina Ann Garcia. My latest: ednc.org/10-14-2025-how…

Federal changes to MSI and HSI programs come as the Trump administration is narrowing how the government defines “federal public benefits,” limiting immigrants’ access to federal benefits, including some that have been available to children for decades. ednc.org/10-14-2025-how…

Given the rising popularity of Standard Response Protocol, the Center for Safer Schools will host a training workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Greenville Convention Center, in partnership with the I Love U Guys Foundation. #an-update-from-one-local-school-district" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ednc.org/ednc-toolkit-b…

And here’s my report on faith groups partnering to serve students, with a look at the First Amendment, interfaith collaboration, value alignment, relationship building, and more: ednc.org/afterschool-pr…

Check out EdNC’s Helene coverage on our website, and look out for more stories next week to commemorate the anniversary of the storm: ednc.org/category/weath…

Honored to be part of @EducationNC! Last night, the NC Press Association awarded EdNC 1st place in public service for our Hurricane Helene coverage, and I won 2nd in religion reporting for my article on how faith groups can partner with schools. Grateful to get to do this work!!

The Atlantic announced today that it is offering every public high school in the United States free digital access to its journalism and 168-year archive. Students, teachers, and administrators can get unlimited access while on campus. theatlantic.com/press-releases… #nced