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Perspective | Staffing shortages stymie school leaders’ plans
The North Carolina Principals and Assistant Principals Association (NCPAPA) and our partners at the N.C. Association of School Administrators (NCASA) and the N.C.…

This high school faced adversity with creativity and increased their FAFSA completion by 11%. Here’s how they did it
In September, Statesville High School was awarded an innovation grant from myFutureNC for “innovative strategies to boost their FAFSA completion rate for their senior class” during the 2020-2021 school year. Completing…

Perspective | A new and exciting chapter for TFA in North Carolina
The following is the first in my monthly column, One Day and One Goal: Expanding opportunity in NC. I invite you to follow along as I share stories from classrooms and explore critical issues facing education in our state.…
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education meets this week. Here is the agenda for Wednesday and here is the agenda for Thursday.
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Egos, Accountability, and High School Sports
A two-year legislative inquiry culminated last week in a bipartisan compromise over the state’s High School Sports Association. Just how big should school sports be? And who gets to benefit?... Read the rest
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COLLABORATING TO TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE EDUCATION SYSTEMS: A playbook for family-school engagement
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ICYMI | The Science of Reading and Closing Literacy Gaps in a Post-COVID World