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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona’s vision: ‘We must level up’
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona last week encouraged educators and leaders to press forward during a challenging time for schools navigating the omicron surge, staff shortages, and heightened mental health needs.…
State education leaders defend COVID-19 strategies
The state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) is not acting with enough urgency to address student learning loss, according to staff members of a General Assembly committee.…
From D.C. to the cafeteria: A school meals primer
This article is the first in a series looking at the future of school meals from policy to practice. We begin with an EdExplainer on key child nutrition programs.…
Perspective | Solving North Carolina teacher pipeline problems as easy as ABC
A teacher pipeline proposal making its way around the state claims to be the pathway to address the teacher shortage. As a parent of two elementary students and a veteran North Carolina teacher who has witnessed “teacher flight” for ten years, I’m concerned that this proposal will not result in the intended impact.…
PNC Foundation announces $2 million partnership with 5 North Carolina HBCUs
The PNC Foundation announced Tuesday that it would provide $2 million in grants to five Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in North Carolina.…
Perspective | In the face of COVID-19, Hill Learning Center expanding reading intervention to teachers and students across NC
When the pandemic struck in March 2020, and in-person learning came to a screeching halt, Hill Learning Center in Durham rose to the challenge and, in only three weeks, developed and released a version of its Hill Reading Achievement Program (HillRAP) that could be delivered remotely as long as the teacher and students had iPads and an internet connection.…
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education continues its meeting today. Here is the agenda.
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PRE-K STUDY | Effects of a statewide pre-kindergarten program on children’s achievement and behavior through sixth grade
Policymakers and policyshapers and policybreakers are all trying to make meaning of this study. See the article by The Hechinger Report too, and then tell me what you think on Twitter @Mebane_Rash.... Read the rest
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A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee
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As Schools Push for More Tutoring, New Research Points to Its Effectiveness — and the Challenge of Scaling it To Combat Learning Loss
