5/27/2020

New from EdNC

How North Carolina’s community colleges are responding to COVID-19: A new database from EdNC

by Emily Thomas | May 26, 2020

The phrase “these are unprecedented times” bubbles up in almost every conversation regarding the state of education amid COVID-19. The pandemic has created chaos and upended typical operations of educational institutions across the globe. From K-12 districts to community colleges,...

Tennessee currently leads the nation in FAFSA completion. Here’s how they did it.

by Molly Urquhart | May 26, 2020

This is the third piece in a series on the FAFSA. Follow along with the rest of the series here. For the past few years, a greater share of high school seniors have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid...

Rural Talk: The state of rural health care

by Caroline Parker | May 26, 2020

What does a well-functioning health care system require? In the third installment of Rural Talk: A Virtual Advocacy Speaker Series by Rural Counts, leaders and experts in the health care field joined in conversation to talk about rural health amidst a...

Perspective | Workforce initiatives and COVID-19: Keeping the goals in sight

by Matthew Meyer | May 26, 2020

In the fall of 2019, several statewide initiatives were progressing rapidly toward goals intended to help North Carolina citizens attain skills and credentials valued and needed by the state’s employers. The initiatives included the myFutureNC education attainment goal, the Credentials...

Perspective | NC charters are positioned to respond to hard times in education

by Rhonda Dillingham | May 26, 2020

In the recent weeks following Gov. Cooper’s stay-at-home order, North Carolina homes have transformed into offices, gyms, barbershops, restaurants, movie theaters and, most notably, schools. Kitchen tables have become classrooms, and parents are grappling with the demands of educating their children...

The Editor’s Notes

NC HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS | Are you familiar with #FirstVoteNC? Get to know our FREE online voting simulation platform and lesson plans on a June 3rd webinar! Click here to register. Getting students civic ready!

STEM PREP FOR STUDENTS | Central Piedmont Community College will begin hosting a virtual STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Prep, an academic enrichment program that helps prepare high school 11th and 12 graders for college-level STEM classes, on June 22. Here is more information for students interested in participating in the program.

HUNT INSTITUTE WEBINAR TOMORROW MAY 28, 11 AM | As schools across the country remain closed as a result of COVID-19, state education systems have been forced to address challenges that extend beyond the classroom. Our colleagues at the Hunt Institute are hosting a conversation with Lt. Governors about education. How do schools provide equitable access to distance learning when not all families have enough devices or reliable internet access? How do districts ensure students continue to receive nutritious meals while lunchrooms remain closed? And, how are states providing education to those without a home? Here is more information.

Need to know

• Coronavirus in NC means ‘doggone scary’ tax revenue forecast and big hit to the budget

  The News & Observer | May 26, 2020

• NC leaders want to borrow $3.1 billion for school, road projects. Will it go on ballot?

  The Charlotte Observer | May 26, 2020