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Dr. Mike Flores, chancellor of the Alamo Colleges District, to deliver 2022 Dallas Herring Lecture
The 2022 Dallas Herring Lecture is set for Nov. 8, 2022. Chancellor of the Alamo Colleges District, Dr. Mike Flores, will deliver the keynote address titled, “Community Colleges in Action: Advancing Equity and Enhancing Mobility Using Local Collective Impact Strategies.”…
A high school vocational test nearly derailed this entrepreneur, until he landed at Gaston College
Before graduating from Gaston College, before being called the “Startup Hero” by North Carolina Business Magazine, and before writing 10 books, Chris Elmore was a guy who spent his school days labeled a bad student.…
Perspective | Ending childhood lead poisoning in North Carolina
We celebrated Lead Poisoning Prevention Week last week as toxic lead continues to make headlines in North Carolina. Testing programs have recently turned up the hazardous substance in drinking water and older buildings around the state, from UNC Chapel Hill’s campus to child care centers statewide. …
Center for Safer Schools awards more than $74 million in safety grants
The following is a press release from the Department of Public Instruction’s Center for Safer Schools Two hundred school districts and charter schools across North Carolina will benefit from more than $74.1 million in school safety grants announced today by the Department of Public Instruction’s Center for Safer Schools. …
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education is meeting today in Pembroke. Here is the agenda.
We are following a partnership between Arts Education Partnerships and Education Commission of the States. They are publishing a series of success
stories about how arts organizations, states, schools and other entities are using funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) to support arts education. Their first story profiles Houston. If you know of stories in NC, please let us know!
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Broadening Access: Computer Science as a Graduation Requirement
South Carolina made a commitment in 2018 that all students would take computer science as a statewide graduation requirement. Superintendent Molly Spearman urges others states to consider it.... Read the rest
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Affirmative action in jeopardy after justices raise doubts
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To address teacher shortages, Tennessee may drop EdTPA for many teacher candidates
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Why You Can’t Find Child Care: 100,000 Workers Are Missing
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The good and bad of virtual on-demand tutoring
