Perspective Perspective | North Carolina’s new Preschool Development Grant: How will $40M be invested? by Mandy Ableidinger | February 19, 2020 A new three-year, $40 million federal grant will support improvements to North Carolina’s early education system (birth through five). The...
News Going back to school as a parent is tough. The cost of child care makes it tougher. by Liz Bell | February 18, 2020 Trakeia Lynch, a Nash Community College student and parent of two, says juggling her nursing program studies with child care...
News Reading instruction needs to improve. Who will lead the charge, and how? by Rupen R. Fofaria, Liz Bell and Carol Bono | February 17, 2020 North Carolina is on a growing list of states that are studying Mississippi’s rising reading scores and discussing how to...
Perspective Perspective | AttendaNCe Counts: Personalized early outreach improves regular attendance by Mandy Ableidinger | February 11, 2020 Midway Elementary School principal Robbin Cooper believes that attendance challenges are best solved by intentionally engaging parents as partners. She’s...
News With home visits, Charlotte effort boosts school readiness in a familiar setting by Liz Bell | February 7, 2020 Natasha Curry didn’t know her 3-year-old son knew what a stop sign was. “He can barely see over his car...
News Behind one Leandro proposal: Making more children with special needs eligible for early services by Liz Bell | February 4, 2020 Since 2014 budget cuts left the North Carolina Infant-Toddler program with 160 fewer employees, the reduced workforce is connecting more...
News K-3 teachers will use Istation for next two months under new contract by Liz Bell | January 27, 2020 As a legal dispute continues on which tool the state’s public schools will use to assess their youngest readers, a...
News State leaders ask: How can North Carolina better teach kids to read? by Liz Bell | January 23, 2020 Education leaders and reading experts are asking how to shift reading instruction and proficiency in North Carolina as student results...
News DPI defends Istation pick in final day of hearing by Liz Bell | January 17, 2020 In the last day of a hearing on which assessment tool the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will use to...
News Amplify makes its case in hearing on what K-3 reading assessment tool students will use by Liz Bell | January 17, 2020 In the ongoing hearing on which tool North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will use to measure K-3 student...
News Hearing begins on DPI’s choice of Istation to assess young readers by Liz Bell | January 13, 2020 The long-awaited hearing on the Department of Public Instruction’s choice of an assessment tool vendor to test K-3 student reading...
News Gov. Cooper announces $56 million in federal early childhood grants by Liz Bell | January 9, 2020 Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that $56 million in federal grant funds over seven years will go to early educator...
