4/1/2021
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Unique problems, unique solutions for broadband access in Eastern NC
In North Carolina, 85.3% of households have a broadband internet subscription at threshold speeds of 25 Mbps, according to 2019 American Community Survey one-year estimates. But as classes moved online last spring, students in the state’s remaining 583,000 homes were...
Isolation, panic, and constant juggling: A year in the life of three moms
For nearly a year, Francine Cavanaugh has been “winging it,” she said, as an unemployed single mother with a high schooler in Asheville, North Carolina. Her 15-year-old son, Winter, has been largely unmotivated by online learning. Some days, Cavanaugh sketches...
Perspective | Let’s go forward to educate
A book is a knowledge delivery system. The internet is a knowledge delivery system. The American high school is a knowledge delivery system. It is also completely antiquated in that it clings to a calendar built around harvesting crops, keeps disciplines...
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April 27-30 is the national Magnet Schools Conference. Here is more information.
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First Phase of Biden Infrastructure Plan to Include Billions for Schools, Child Care Centers and Broadband
High-quality child care facilities, safe and modern schools and reliable access to the internet impact children’s ability to learn. Experts have noted for years major upgrades to the nation’s schools are long overdue. Read the rest
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2021 Moneyball for Education Policy Recommendations
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Schools Squandered Virtual Learning: With Lessons for the Future
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Conservatives have formed an alternative to NCAE. Will NC teachers be interested?
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