On March 15, 2021, the comprehensive remedial plan in the long-running Leandro court case was submitted to the Superior Court. This is the plan that is intended to address how North Carolina can meet its obligation to provide the opportunity for a sound, basic education to all students in the state.…
A dwindling early educator workforce. An unstable, inaccessible child care landscape. A generation of young children affected by the pandemic, academically and developmentally.…
Broadband access and affordability have come up often in our conversations as we travel across North Carolina, but the pandemic has elevated the urgency of the discussions among state and local leaders.…
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North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
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When schools across North Carolina sent children home a year ago due to COVID-19, educators were uncertain what lay ahead. They had no roadmap, no past experience and no preparation for a pandemic.…
The following is Mary Ann Wolf’s “Final Word” from the March 13, 2021 broadcast of Education Matters: “Developing a School Finance System that Provides Adequate, Equitable, and Efficient Resources to Every Child.” …
We are more than a year into the pandemic – and education, families, and student learning are fundamental to the issues faced in communities across the country....
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