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11/12/2020

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Why Alleghany County Schools chose to stay in plan B

by Analisa Sorrells Archer |

When Gov. Roy Cooper announced in September that school districts had the option to move to plan A — bringing all K-5 students back for full-time in-person instruction — Alleghany County Schools set a plan in motion to make that...

Perspective | The power of students’ stories

by Jennifer Mann |

Note: This piece is co-written by Jennifer Mann, a North Carolina educator, and one of her former students, Mary Thuma. Mary wrote the first section on her story, and Jennifer wrote the remaining sections. The story I grew up watching...

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The Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC) will hold a virtual monthly meeting today at 9 a.m. The agenda is available here and the meeting will be audio streamed.

Executive Committee Meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education meets at 4:30 p.m. today to consider recommendations for the first cohort of the NC Education Corps. The agenda is here.

Tonight at 7 p.m., join The Hunt Institute for a webinar on the path forward in education after the 2020 election. Former U.S. Secretaries of Education Margaret Spellings and Arne Duncan, New York City Chancellor Richard Carranza, and Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho will discuss how leaders from both parties can approach supporting education at the state- and national-level. Register here.

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Nearly All States Suffer Declines in Education Jobs

Pew Charitable Trusts | November 10, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on employment at local schools and public colleges. See the data for every state here.... Read the rest

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Analisa Sorrells Archer

Analisa Archer is the senior director of policy at EducationNC.

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