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Ariel Gilreath

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Ariel Gilreath covers early education and K-12 schools in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia. She most recently covered education and family issues in South Carolina with the Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network, where she received first place in education reporting from the South Carolina Press Association for her coverage in 2020. She has previously covered education for the Greenville Journal and the Index-Journal in South Carolina. Gilreath graduated from Winthrop University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

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Posted inEarly Education

States spending more overall on pre-K, but there are still many haves and have nots

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath May 2, 2024May 1, 2024
Posted inSolutions

What convinces voters to raise taxes: child care

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath April 30, 2024May 6, 2024
Posted inEarly Education

Is early childhood education ready for AI?

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath April 4, 2024April 29, 2024
Posted inEarly Education

Young children misbehave. Some are suspended for acting their age

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath April 2, 2024April 1, 2024
Posted inSolutions

English learners stopped coming to class during the pandemic. One group is tackling the problem by helping their parents 

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath March 11, 2024March 15, 2024
Posted inEarly Education

Are more 5-year-olds coming to kindergarten in diapers?

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath March 7, 2024March 12, 2024
Posted inEarly Education

After more than a dozen states said no to a new summer food benefit for children, advocates worry about filling the gap

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath February 8, 2024February 7, 2024
Posted inEarly Education

When your classroom is a garden

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath December 14, 2023December 13, 2023
Posted inEarly Education

Early education coalition searches for answers to raise teacher pay, even as budgets are cratering

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath November 30, 2023November 30, 2023
Posted inSolutions

Parents feared Tennessee’s new reading law would hold back thousands of students. That didn’t happen

Avatar photo by Ariel Gilreath November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

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