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Senate leaders make push to change the way reading is taught
Update 4:54 p.m., March 31, 2021: The bill passed the Senate 48-0. It goes now to the House. Senate leaders introduced a bill on Monday that would amend Read to Achieve, requiring the training of pre-K and elementary school teachers in the science of reading and directing the State Board of Education to develop new literacy instruction standards. On…
The ‘rollercoaster’ of learning to run a child care center — just as a pandemic hits
In the last three years, Tenisha McGhee has gone from being a parent of a child attending East Carolina Kiddie College, a private child care center in Pitt County, to buying the center with her husband and leading it through a pandemic.…
Musical meditations with the NC Symphony
Are you looking for “a moment to be calm, present, and mindful?” The North Carolina Symphony has joined forces with North Carolina State Parks and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) to create a series of videos that promote wellness entitled Musical Meditations.…
Perspective | Music education during COVID-19
Last March, I was sitting in the auditorium at Wake Forest University with my choral students when the world shut down.…
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NEW REPORT ON NC | The Labor Market Consequences of Principal Performance Pay
Study finds principal performance pay can push ineffective principals out of their positions and attract effective and experienced principals to traditionally harder-to-staff schools.... Read the rest
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Students Have Been Resilient and Creative During COVID-19. Schools Must Be, Too. Here’s Some of What Our XQ Schools Have Learned
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Which U.S. States Are Best Positioned to Innovate? How K-12 Schools Influence the Rankings
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ANN DOSS HELMS REPORTS | With NC Education Lottery Booming, Why Aren't Schools Flush? UNCC Study Tracks Answers
