10/1/2024

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Ask & Answer | What lessons learned from Canton could be helpful in the recovery from Hurricane Helene?

by Mebane Rash | October 1, 2024

Economic disasters are different than natural disasters, but many of you have reached out about our lessons learned from the leaders in Canton as you move forward. What happened in Canton? On March 6, 2023, Pactiv Evergreen announced in an...

Hurricane Helene: Updates from the storm and ongoing closures of schools and community colleges

by Alli Lindenberg and Staff | September 25, 2024

Editor’s note: This article will be updated twice a day — around 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. — or more frequently as needed. School district and community college closures are determined based on the latest information found on district and...

EdExplainer | How babies’ brains develop

by Katie Dukes | September 30, 2024

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their experiences in the first 1,000 days...

Perspective | Being present matters: Addressing chronic absenteeism requires community-wide solutions

by Jill Cox | September 30, 2024

As schools across North Carolina grapple with academic recovery post-pandemic, one alarming trend continues to plague districts large and small: chronic absenteeism. Defined as missing 10% or more of school days in a year, nearly one-third (27%) of North Carolina’s...

The Editor’s Notes

EdNC’s Emily Thomas led the way with our on the ground coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the 25 counties and the Qualla Boundary affected by the disaster. She was in McDowell County yesterday, and she will use Haywood County as the homebase of her reporting for the rest of this week.

Superintendent Catherine Truitt and the leadership team at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction are mobilizing to secure attendance and testing waivers along with HR, nutrition, transportation, and financial support for the impacted schools.

The N.C. State Board of Education is meeting this week. Here is the agenda for Wednesday, and here is the agenda for Thursday.

 

Need to know

• An Unprecedented Response: State, Local and Federal Partners Surge Resources into Western NC Following Historic Damage from Hurricane Helene

  NC Governor | September 30, 2024