Local Education Innovation: Project SEARCH (Buncombe County) In Asheville, Mission Health Project SEARCH helps secure competitive employment for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities through postsecondary education and work-based learning. … Read more

Local Education Innovation: Career Accelerator Program (Alamance County) The Career Accelerator Program (CAP) is a four-year apprenticeship program that both addresses the immediate need for skilled workers and seeks to … Read more

Local Education Innovation: Made in Durham (Durham County) Made in Durham is a community partnership made up of educators, businesses, government units and employees, youth-serving non-profits, and young people mobilized … Read more

Local Education Innovation: K-64 (Catawba County) K-64 is a five-year education and economic development initiative in Catawba County that prepares students from pre-kindergarten (K) through retirement (64) to compete in … Read more

Local Education Innovation: Gold Rush Grant (Mecklenburg County) The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) launched its Gold Rush Grant program in 2016. The program seeks to mitigate … Read more