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Reading proficiency has tumbled in the early grades. Here’s the DPI report, with steps to reform instruction

by Rupen R. Fofaria | October 6, 2021

For the first time in at least 10 school years, a majority of the state’s first, second, and third-grade students did not demonstrate reading proficiency, according to a report of 2020-21 testing from the Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Early Learning.…

Perspective | Dear Latinx students, North Carolina needs you

by Diego Arturo Mureño and Linda Martinez-Cervantes | October 6, 2021

Walk into any school in western North Carolina and you are likely to see one or two Latinx employees in any role.…

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The Editor’s Notes

The N.C. State Board of Education meets today. Here is the agenda.

Need to know

• REGISTER | myFutureNC FAFSA Network Kick-Off Webinar

  myFutureNC | October 13, 2021

• This year, let’s listen to student voices as we walk the road to reinvention.

  Transcend Education | October 6, 2021

• Invest in programs that boost children’s learning and development

  Brookings | October 5, 2021

• WHEN SCHOOLS CALL POLICE ON KIDS

  The Center for Public Integrity | October 6, 2021

• Is A Tuition-Free Community College Plan Enough?

  Diverse | October 5, 2021

• GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS | ‘Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity’: Research Heavyweights Team Up to Help Districts Use Real-Time Data to Aid Students’ Pandemic Recovery

  The 74 | October 6, 2021

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