5/19/2023
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As reading instruction shifts, absenteeism and tardies can lead to poor outcomes
Administrators at Whiteville Primary, a school for kindergarten through second grade in Whiteville City Schools, schedule the day down to the minute. Teachers sometimes schedule their literacy blocks down to the second. During phonics instruction, teachers might build on things...
Enrollment in NC Pre-K is rebounding, but per-child spending has decreased
An annual report on state-funded preschool programs has found a significant increase in NC Pre-K enrollment after the COVID-19 pandemic erased a decade of progress. But that increase in enrollment did not correspond to an increase in funding per child,...
STEM Road Trip: Racers take their mark in Polk County
It is not snowing in the Polk Middle School library, but for a moment some students wonder if it is. Leslie Rhinehart, STEM educator and 2023 BWF Career and Award Winner, assures her students that the “white stuff” seen in...
Perspective | Education in the balance beyond the brass doors
Not infrequently, it seems, the heavy brass doors of the 60-year-old North Carolina Legislative Building stand as a thick barrier between the inside hurly-burly of lawmaking and the outside realities of daily life. When a state budget is under construction,...
The Editor’s Notes
The Governor’s DRIVE task force is meeting today, Friday, May 19, on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke at the University Center Annex in the Annex Assembly Room from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
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Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
The purpose of this updated guidance is to provide information on the current state of the law concerning constitutionally protected prayer and religious expression in public schools. Read the rest
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WS/FCS gets state approval to launch teacher residency program
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336 NC Schools Receive Recognition for Extraordinary Support of Military Students, Families
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