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The Editor’s Notes
The Governor’s DRIVE Task Force will meet today on Friday, October 7, 2022 at 10:00 am. Here is the agenda, and meeting materials will be posted to this site this morning. You can access the live stream of the DRIVE Task Force meeting via Webex: https://ncgov.webex.com/ncgov/j.php?MTID=mdbfab6543bc42a29883d80f52a1bf669
Webinar number: 2421 782 1448
Webinar password: join (5646 from phones)
Here is your playlist for the week from Superintendent Jeff McDaris. Take a listen. As he says, “Breathe. Reflect. Dedicate. Love.”
My thanks to all of you who have taken our survey on school performance grades. It is important to me for those who care about education to be able to weigh in on changes in public policy. The survey closes on Monday. If you haven’t take the survey, please click here. I am thankful for your leadership and public service.
Need to know
States Sketch ‘Portraits of a Graduate.' NCs will be released October 18!
Profiles of a graduate provide the broad strokes for a range of skills and dispositions that go well beyond reading and math to prepare all students to engage in the next steps in work, postsecondary education, and life.... Read the rest
