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North Carolina’s child nutrition advocates embrace national effort to provide free school meals for all
From transportation to books, schools provide students with various resources at no cost to them to help them be successful. North Carolina’s school nutrition leaders are trying to add meals to that list.…
N.C. Symphony kicks off three-year residency in Edgecombe County
On Oct. 26, the North Carolina Symphony performed one of its Education Concerts for around 800 Edgecombe County Public Schools students.…
Perspective | BEST NC launches updated per-pupil expenditure data explorer tool
BEST NC is pleased to announce the update of its Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE) Data Explorer and landing page, designed to facilitate the understanding and exploration of North Carolina’s school-level spending data and its relationship to other key education indicators. …
Perspective | ‘Appalling’ scores remind North Carolina not to waste a crisis
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona contributed to headline hyperventilation in characterizing the NAEP results for 2022 as “appalling, unacceptable.” The test-scores decline is indeed sobering, and yet it is a clanging call not for handwringing but for serious school-improvement work ahead in North Carolina and across the nation.…
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education is meeting this week for bi-annual planning sessions and its monthly board meeting. Here are the agendas for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Heads up — they are meeting at the Thomas Entrepreneurship Hub in Pembroke.
Here is a first look at DPI/SBE draft budget priorities for the long session.
Need to know
R.S.V. Cases Are Rising. Here’s What You Need to Know
As rising R.S.V. rates coincide with the expected wintertime surge in Covid-19 as well as an early flu season, experts are worried about a “tripledemic” and the strain it could place on hospitals and emergency departments.... Read the rest
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2022 Elections Set to Have Outsized Impact on Education
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PODCAST | November Elections Preview
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New Learning Loss Scorecard Shows Parents How Pandemic Impacted Their School District
