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Federal grant expands NC program that scores students on empathy, collaboration

Carolina JournalBy David N. BassSeptember 16, 2026

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DPI won a $4 million federal grant to expand a program that grades students on skills like empathy and collaboration and puts the results on a second transcript. The work will be scored partly by AI, and the release leaves open whether the data will feed into the state's new A–F school grades. The post Federal grant expands NC program that scores students on empathy, collaboration appeared first on Carolina Journal.

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