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Perspective | We need a common understanding of the science of reading

by Johanna Anderson, Dennis Davis, Rebecca Lee Payne Jordan and Kimberly Anderson | April 12, 2021

Foreward from Johanna Anderson, Executive Director of The Belk Foundation Since 2013, The Belk Foundation has been focused on early grade reading achievement. Our approach leans heavily on our grantee partners, educators, and experts to guide us toward high impact...

The fall and rise of C.S. Brown, the first high school for African Americans in North Carolina

by Rupen R. Fofaria | April 12, 2021

This is part 3 of a five-part series documenting the history of the Winton Triangle community and the C.S. Brown School. It’s a story about the struggles that befell a pioneering community and the values that survive all these centuries...

Eugenia Floyd of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools named Teacher of the Year

by Alex Granados | April 9, 2021

Eugenia Floyd was named 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year today at a luncheon at the Umstead Hotel in Cary. She is a teacher at Mary Scroggs Elementary School in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.   “I need...

Perspective | State education leaders express support for SB 387

by North Carolina Department of Public Instruction | April 12, 2021

The following is a release from the Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. The below statements of support were issued by state and local education leaders in response to Senate Bill 387, the Excellent Public Schools...

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Need to know

• NEW BOOK | Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement

  Karin Chenoweth | May 1, 2021

• ANN DOSS HELMS REPORTS | NC Health Officials Say Rapid COVID-19 Testing Should Be Part Of School Safety

  WFAE | April 8, 2021

• Some students found a safe haven in remote school. Now, they have to go back.

  The Charlotte Observer | April 9, 2021

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