Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses challenges linked to North Carolina’s upcoming Medicaid expansion. King offered these comments during the Sept. 29, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
RALEIGH — When school doors opened this fall, some principals and superintendents around the state began to notice something odd about their students. There weren’t enough of them, at least not as many as had been expected.
RALEIGH — The National Center For Education Statistics predicts that by 2013 North Carolina will have 11,000 to 12,000 fewer K-12 students in its schools, compared to its 2001 enrollment. In all, 30 states will pick up K-12 enrollment, NCES says in its Projections of Education Statistics to 2013. One-third of those should increase enrollments by more than 10 percent. Average national enrollment is expected to increase by 4 percent, with the biggest bump occurring in Western states. North Carolina’s expected drop is mild compared to predictions for some states. But the implications for state school districts, some of which have been bursting at the seams, could be significant.
