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State Board to be updated on draft licensure model as work continues in PEPSC subcommittees
Potential changes to the way teachers are licensed and paid will be heard by the State Board of Education this week.…

The quality of early learning matters. How should we measure it?
Recent discussions on pre-K quality center around questions of what we should prioritize in early childhood classrooms — and how we should measure success.…

Leah Carper of Guilford County Schools is North Carolina’s 2022 Teacher of the Year
Leah Carper, an English teacher at Northern Guilford High School in Guilford County was named the 2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year at a ceremony in Cary on Friday.…

Reentry after prison isn’t easy – N.C. community college hosts simulation to show challenges
Each year more than 20,000 individuals are released from North Carolina state prisons and return to their communities. Roughly 95% of those incarcerated in the state today will be released.…

Perspective | Four takeaways on the future of higher education
UNC Charlotte brought together two national leaders, Gov. Jeb Bush and Secretary Janet Napolitano, for this year’s 11th annual Chancellor’s Speaker Series, Tuesday, March 22.…
The Editor’s Notes
The N.C. State Board of Education will meet this week. Here is the agenda for Wednesday. Here is the agenda for Thursday.
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