4/5/2024
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State Board hears update on district ESSER spending, literacy data, and Restart schools
During the height of the pandemic, North Carolina received $3.6 billion in Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER III) funds to address student academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs, on top of previous federal Covid relief dollars. Ahead...
Boost in federal funding falls short ‘at an inflection point’ for NC early childhood education, leaders say
Raleigh Nursery School, like other child care programs across the state, faces excruciating choices in the coming months. The nonprofit serving mixed-income families in downtown Raleigh will stop receiving federal stabilization funds from a pandemic-era relief initiative at the end...
Calling all ‘Champions’ to end child hunger
One in six children in North Carolina — and one in three in our rural areas — experiences hunger on a daily basis. Providing no-cost school meals can help, says a press release from the School Meals for All NC...
Perspective | State decision-makers are critical to reducing preschool expulsions
This Perspective was originally published as a blog post for the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation on March 15, 2024. Every child deserves an equal opportunity to thrive in early education, yet far too many are unjustly excluded from these...
The Editor’s Notes
ICYMI, here is all of our reporting on literacy and the science of reading.
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Episode 9 | Sold A Story: The Aftermath
Schools around the country are changing the way they teach reading. And that is having major consequences for people who sold the flawed theory we investigated in Sold a Story. Read the rest
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Middle-of-Year Reading Assessment Shows Continued Growth for Early Grades Students
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4 Tips for Awesome Eclipse Teaching
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Missy Testerman Makes Immigrant Students Feel Welcome. She’s the National Teacher of the Year
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