Featured What on earth is a virtual school? by Alex Granados | September 3, 2019 At various times, we at EdNC.org have written about the virtual schools we have in North Carolina. But some readers...
Learning Differences: More than a politically correct term for learning disabilities by Rupen R. Fofaria | April 16, 2019 This is Part Two of our series on learning differences. In Part One, EdNC reporter Rupen Fofaria shares his learning...
EdExplainer: Community college enrollment by Ellen Spolar | March 5, 2019 Walk through any number of community colleges in North Carolina and you will find a quote from Dr. Dallas Herring...
Featured EdExplainer: Education data systems in North Carolina by Analisa Sorrells | February 12, 2019 Data about North Carolina’s students, teachers, classrooms, schools, and districts are woven into almost every discussion and debate about education...
News EdExplainer: The ins and outs of EVAAS by Alex Granados | October 25, 2017 The Education Value-Added Assessment System, commonly known as EVAAS, is a program developed by SAS to measure the growth of students across...
EdExplainer: What’s for lunch? Understanding school food by Beth Hopping | June 28, 2017 If I asked you to describe your own school lunch experiences in three words, would those words be mostly positive?...
Featured EdExplainer: Summer Meals Program by Analisa Sorrells | June 14, 2017 When the bell rings for the last time in June, it represents not only the end of the school year,...
News Getting ready for the education budget: Legislative changes to the K-12 budget, 2011-15 by Mebane Rash | March 3, 2015 To think about the Governor’s budget, which we expect to be released this week, and the budget that the legislature...
News Getting ready for the education budget: What you need to know from 2014-15 by Mebane Rash | February 27, 2015 Between the campaign ads last fall and the negative headlines that dominate coverage of our schools, it is hard to...
Featured Getting what we pay for: Teacher salaries, pay-for-performance, and strategic staffing by Trip Stallings | January 21, 2015 Is all teaching created equal? Lost in the shuffle of North Carolina’s debates in 2014 about whether and by how...
