/tags/school-supplies School Supplies en-US Copyright Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:00:03 GMT /education/2024-08-22/school-supplies-north-carolina-cost-expensive With a new school year around the corner, North Carolina families have been spending big to buy supplies for their own kids, and their classrooms too. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 19:00:03 GMT /education/2024-08-22/school-supplies-north-carolina-cost-expensive Liz Schlemmer /education/2024-07-12/free-school-supplies-wake-county-teachers-tools4schools-wakeed-partnership-drive YMCAs and Staples stores across Wake County are accepting donations of school supplies for Tools4Schools. The nonprofit program lets Wake County teachers pick out their own classroom supplies free of charge. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 17:25:10 GMT /education/2024-07-12/free-school-supplies-wake-county-teachers-tools4schools-wakeed-partnership-drive Liz Schlemmer /education/2017-08-08/governor-starts-school-supply-drive-criticizes-gop-spending North Carolina's governor used the launch of a school supply drive on Tuesday to argue that the GOP has been inadequately funding education, forcing too… Tue, 08 Aug 2017 19:25:16 GMT /education/2017-08-08/governor-starts-school-supply-drive-criticizes-gop-spending Associated Press, Liz Schlemmer /education/2016-08-17/north-carolina-teachers-cover-classroom-costs-on-their-own-dime Guilford County second grade teacher Nicole Batts-Elder scoped out shelves stacked with spiral notebooks, multicolor folders and bundles of unsharpened… Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:46:28 GMT /education/2016-08-17/north-carolina-teachers-cover-classroom-costs-on-their-own-dime Jess Clark