3/30/2021

New from EdNC

Majoring in education, but not being licensed to teach

by Marin Wolf | March 29, 2021

UNC Media Hub is a collection of students in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media who create integrated multimedia packages covering stories from around North Carolina. The following is one of those stories. Caroline Bowersox was a shy kindergartner. Adjusting...

Listen | Jason Hurst, 2021 NC Community College President of the Year

by Emily Thomas and Alli Lindenberg | March 29, 2021

“I think daily we struggle to change the image of community college and what that means to moms and dads and high school students – and that is not less than. It’s a great path forward – whether you want...

Perspective | Expanding the NC Teaching Fellows Program in world languages: A step in the right direction for diversity, equity, and inclusion

by Christi Lea Osborne | March 29, 2021

Recent articles and a task force have highlighted the need for teachers of color in North Carolina’s public schools. The Foreign Language Association of North Carolina echoes wholeheartedly the critical need to create a more diverse teaching faculty across the...

The Editor’s Notes

Senate Republican leaders, including President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, filed a bill yesterday that would amend Read to Achieve and bolster statewide efforts to improve literacy. It is called the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021, and it is Senate Bill 387. The bill centers around the Science of Reading and would incorporate training in it for teachers in pre-K through fifth grade and teacher candidates at educator preparation programs in North Carolina. It also requires the State Board of Education to develop new literacy instruction standards. The bill includes aspects of legislation passed a few years ago but vetoed by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. The bill will be heard in a Senate education committee at 3 p.m.

A new teacher association, Carolina Teachers Alliance, launched yesterday. Here is the website for more information. Here is the press release.

Need to know

• How schools fit into Biden’s infrastructure push

  Politico | March 29, 2021

• LESLIE BONEY | On the American Rescue Plan: Back end of the 'one-and-one'

  WRAL | March 28, 2021