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This district’s leaders were ready for plan A, but its teachers weren’t
Leaders of Edenton-Chowan elementary schools were prepared to recommend that their district’s school board move them to full in-person instruction when Gov.…
The 2021-22 FAFSA opens today. Here’s what’s different this year.
Contents What is the FAFSA and why does it matter? A quick look at the data Boosting FAFSA completion amid COVID-19 Resources and support Oct.…
NC state superintendent candidates participate in conversation hosted by Public School Forum of NC
The two candidates running for North Carolina state superintendent of public instruction, Dr. Jen Mangrum and Catherine Truitt, answered questions Tuesday afternoon in a virtual conversation hosted by the Public School Forum of NC for alumni of the North Carolina Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP).…
Perspective | STEM Scholars Program: Narrowing the computer science gap
Roughly 600 of North Carolina’s high schools offer Advanced Placement (AP) classes, but only 148 of those schools offered an AP computer science course in 2018-19.…
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The Impressive Effects of Tutoring on PreK-12 Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence
Tutoring—defined here as one-on-one or small-group instructional programming by teachers, paraprofessionals, volunteers, or parents—is one of the most versatile and potentially transformative educational tools in use today... Read the rest
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Map: Some School Systems in N.C. are Moving to Plan A with More In-Person Classes
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Schools Already Struggled to Teach Reading Right. Now They Have to Do It Online
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NEW IDEAS IN TEACHER COMPENSATION
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Pandemic increases hardships on families, children
