
The ‘transformation is real’ as the science of reading takes hold across public schools
Perquimans Central Elementary is a school for pre-kindergarten through second grade in North Carolina’s rural northeast. Years ago, when Melissa Fields served as principal there, she adopted Lucy Calkins’s Units of Study, a “balanced literacy” curriculum for teaching reading. …

Perspective | Tower of books and making history come alive
On the evening of April 14, 1865, Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln went to a play at Ford’s Theatre where Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shot the 16th president in the head.…

North Carolina Symphony Announces 2023 Western Residency
4,000 Students Served in 8 Counties with Free Community Concerts The North Carolina Symphony (NCS) proudly announces its 2023 North Carolina Western Residency, with performances and musical outreach in a variety of settings for preschoolers, students of all ages, and residents in eight North Carolina counties.…
Ray Gronberg with the NC Tribune has a really interesting write up in the NC Tribune today about parents suing Charlotte Latin, a private school, about “what rights do parents have to address the things that their children learn, see and hear in school.” Here is the school’s response filed with the N.C. Supreme Court.
Here is your playlist for the weekend from Superintendent Jeff McDaris.
Enjoy the weekend y’all.
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