2/1/2023

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How should school grades be calculated? Working group has its final meeting

by Mebane Rash | January 31, 2023

Superintendent Catherine Truitt has a post-it note on her computer that says, “Is it still worth doing?” The work to reform the school performance grades, she said, is so important because what gets measured gets done, and what we measure...

State superintendent speaks on importance of NCCAT oversight to lawmakers

by Alex Granados | January 31, 2023

Update, Feb. 8, 3:30 p.m.: The bill passed the House 75-42. A House education committee Tuesday gave favorable approval to a bill that would put the state superintendent in charge of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) and...

Public School Forum’s annual Eggs & Issues event focuses on teacher pay and recruitment

by Anna Pogarcic | January 31, 2023

North Carolina was recently named the number one state for business in the country, but the state is at the bottom of another important list, Public School Forum of North Carolina Executive Director Mary Ann Wolf said. “North Carolina is...

Perspective | The power of early colleges: Innovative practices

by Krystal Cox and Frank McKay | January 31, 2023

Innovation has become a buzzword in education, but for early college high schools, innovation is literally their middle name. Early college high schools are a part of the Cooperative Innovative High School (CIHS) model established by the state in 2003...

The Editor’s Notes

The N.C. State Board meets today. Alex Granados will be there for EdNC.

HEADS UP TO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENTS | At 11:35 there will be a presentation at the state board meeting on CCP and CIHS about a report headed to the legislature. Here is a link to the presentation and here is a link to the draft report.

Senate Bill 49, titled Parents’ Bill of Rights, was filed yesterday. Tune in at 10:30am to listen to a press conference  with Sen. Michael Lee and Sen. Amy Galey and then it will be heard in the Senate’s education/higher education committee meeting at 11am. Hannah McClellan will be covering it for EdNC. Follow her on Twitter @HannerMcClellan.

Need to know

• What Can We Expect in the 2023 Legislative Sessions?

  Education Commission of the States | January 27, 2023

• A front-row seat to North Carolina’s juvenile sentencing reform

  The Charlotte Observer | February 1, 2023

• The pandemic robbed thousands of children of parents. Many aren’t getting the help they need

  The Hechinger Report and The City | January 30, 2023