Enrollment in our state’s community colleges fell 11% from fall 2019 to fall 2020. Every college experienced a net decline in enrollment during this time, except four: Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Isothermal Community College, Davidson-Davie Community College, and...
In 2019, apprenticeships were at an all-time high across the country, according to John Ladd, administrator of the federal Office of Apprenticeship. North Carolina saw an impressive increase – jumping from 7,679 in 2018 to 11,204 in 2019. However, like...
“Do you know Terry Holliday?” Watauga County Schools Superintendent Scott Elliott asks me one day last fall. Holliday was commissioner of the Department of Education in Kentucky from 2009-2015. Before that he was superintendent in Iredell-Statesville School District and before...
The essential role our school principals play in the quality of our students’ education is keenly recognized by those of us who have spent our careers enlisted in the pursuit of continuous school improvement. No leadership role is more critical in...
The Editor’s Notes
On Saturday, May 1, we celebrated national School Principals’ Day. Check out this thread on Twitter for more. Thank you to all of our school leaders for your leadership and public service!
And now we kick off national Teacher Appreciation Week! Stay tuned…
Classroom Connection lessons will air on PBS NC at 8 AM and 9 AM on weekday mornings, with math lessons on Mondays, literacy lessons on Tuesdays, and repeat lessons on Thursdays and Fridays. Click here to see the schedule for May 3-7.
Education is the one field that makes all others possible. Every one of us has been shaped by someone who inspired our curiosity and helped us find our confidence, who guided us to think more clearly and pushed us ...
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