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Election Day 2020: ‘We have to put students at the center’
Mebane: I tell people across North Carolina I am in the business of hope. This was my experience on Election Day 2020.…
In-person child care did not increase COVID-19 risk for teachers, study says. What can we learn from that?
As K-12 school leaders across North Carolina consider when and how to serve students in-person safely, many child care directors have kept their doors open for the entire year.…
Perspective | Keep your head up: 4 strategies for working with unmotivated students
There was once a high school student with a 1.6 grade point average who was crazy enough to think he was college material.…
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education meets today and tomorrow. Here is today’s agenda.
I’ll be in Jackson County today and then on to Cherokee County for the rest of the week.
From EdNC’s Rupen Fofaria:
The U.S. Department of Education issued two question-and-answer documents last month aimed at two groups of students with disabilities — infants and toddlers, and transition-age students or adults receiving vocational rehabilitation services.
For infants and toddlers, federal officials addressed how meetings can be held remotely, how timelines for providing services might be affected, and what should happen if services cannot be provided according to the child’s individualized family service plan.
For the older, vocational rehab students, the Education Department clarified how services designed to prepare those with disabilities for employment can continue. The agency said that work-based learning experiences for students with disabilities should happen online when they cannot be done in-person.
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ICYMI: An open letter to the next NC state superintendent of public instruction
Matt Bristow-Smith, Kisha Clemons, Mariah Morris, Maureen Stover, and Anthony Jackson hope the superintendent will put children first, be an equity warrior, and lead for change.... Read the rest
