10/10/2022

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Another chance to weigh in on school grades: Map it!

by Mebane Rash | October 9, 2022

A recent report by the Education Policy Initiative at Carolina (EPIC) said plainly, “North Carolina’s current school accountability model does not provide an accurate depiction of how schools perform.” The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has convened an advisory...

Mapping the 2021-22 school report cards

by Emily Antoszyk | October 9, 2022

EdNC’s Consider It Mapped is back with a map of the most recent school performance grades, released by the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) in September. Since grades were last reported in 2018-19, the pandemic happened, and the overall...

Dogwood Health Trust brings partners together to talk about the future of western North Carolina

by Mebane Rash | October 10, 2022

Imagine a region where the basics of life — health, education, opportunity — are abundantly available. On Oct. 6, the Dogwood Health Trust held its first regional partner convening, bringing together more than 400 nonprofit leaders, community members, and partners at...

Brunswick Community College’s customized training, apprenticeship help create jobs

by Liz Bell | October 10, 2022

It was the partnership with Brunswick Community College (BCC) that helped the leaders of Precision Swiss Products settle on Leland, North Carolina, for their second site. When Stephen Dillon, the company’s chief operating and financial officer, first visited Brunswick County...

Central Carolina Community College’s CAT welder pipeline is 10 years in the making

by Hannah Vinueza McClellan | October 10, 2022

When Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) started its Caterpillar welding apprenticeship for high schoolers 10 years ago, welding technology director Charles Bell thought it would just be “another high school program.” “We found out it’s way more than that,” Bell...

The Editor’s Notes

The N.C. Community College System Conference is being held today in Raleigh. Come visit us!

The Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee will meet virtually today at 10am on Monday, October 10, 2022.

The Public School Forum of NC invites you to join them on October 12th at 3pm for the 2022 North Carolina Education Policy Primer Session. The biannual Education Policy Primer aims to help policymakers and voters to understand complex education issues, and this session will provide a walk-through of the primer and q&a. Event information can be found here. The Primer publication is available here.

Need to know

• NC State Superintendent of Public Instruction discusses desire to change school performance grade measures

  WBTV | October 6, 2022

• Voters will decide if NC power stays divided. What happens if one side takes control?

  The News & Observer | October 7, 2022