7/13/2020
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Comunidad: Stories of strength and perseverance in North Carolina
This article is part of a series and ongoing reporting on Latinx communities in North Carolina. Click here to read more. Haz clic aquí para leer este artículo en español. The danger of a single story I remember one of...
Maureen Stover from Cumberland County Schools is the new NC teacher of the year
The new 2020 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year is Maureen Stover, who teaches science at Cumberland International Early College High School in Cumberland County Schools. She was named during a ceremony at The Umstead Hotel in Cary on...
State Board approves 4 reading diagnostic tools, delays social studies standards, and more
After a year-long controversy and a legal battle, the State Board of Education approved Thursday a list of four K-3 reading diagnostic tools that districts can choose from this year. The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) presented a list of...
Data | North Carolina’s Hispanic/Latino community
This article is part of a series and ongoing reporting on Latinx communities in North Carolina. Click here to read more. Terminology note: The U.S. Census Bureau introduced the term Hispanic in 1980 and this is a term preferred by some...
Perspective | Education Matters: Safely starting the 2020-21 school year
As North Carolina continues to develop plans for safely beginning the 2020-21 school year, we take a look at the possibilities surrounding what next year could bring and what that means for both large and small school districts across our...
The Editor’s Notes
This week, we are expecting news out of the Governor’s office about moving forward with the upcoming school year as COVID-19 continues to take hold in communities across our state. Stay tuned.
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COVID-19 Ongoing Clusters in Child Care and School Settings
If you don't about it, once a week DHHS updates this summary of COVID-19 clusters in child care and school settings. Take a look at the map this week, the darker the blue the more cases of coronavirus. Read the rest
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How to Reopen Schools: What Science and Other Countries Teach Us
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Reality Check: What Will It Take to Reopen Schools Amid the Pandemic? 6 Experts Weigh In on the Looming Fiscal Crisis and What Services Districts Should (and Shouldn’t) Cut
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Democratic board, GOP superintendent fight over how to spend NC school COVID-19 money
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