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Legislative roundup | Lawmakers want lesson plans posted online
The week started off with a bang in a House K-12 committee Tuesday. Lawmakers took up two bills they said would increase academic and funding “transparency.”…
Bill to streamline due process hearings for students with disabilities clears Senate Education Committee
Reporter’s note: The bill discussed in this article, and the sources quoted, use terms such as “special education” and “special needs.”…
Here’s how one teacher used home visits to reconnect with disengaged students
This article is part of the Future Forward series. Find the full series here. For many educators, teaching became increasingly challenging when the pandemic hit.…
Perspective | For too many infants and toddlers, a slow start
On a sunny Sunday afternoon, the WRAL Soccer Park teems with boys and girls in dark blue and light gray jerseys competing on more than two dozen pitches.…
Perspective | What stands out to you from what these parents of young children had to say?
A couple months ago, I had the opportunity to read a report drafted by my colleagues that summarized what we heard from families about their experiences with North Carolina’s social-emotional health ecosystem for babies and young children — including early intervention, home visiting, early care and education, medical providers, and other services — and what they thought should be done to improve it.…
The Editor’s Notes
Next week, EdNC will bring you an all-team reporting project looking at the lessons we learned during our pandemic school year and how those lessons will shape our plans for the future. We will be out and about too, live reporting on Twitter from Transylvania, Haywood, Swain, Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson, and other counties across the state.
While we are out and about, Alex Granados will bring you all the news from the State Board’s Bi-Annual Planning and Work Session.
The State Board of Education will meet Tuesday and Wednesday, May 11 and 12. This two-day session will be held in Room 150 in the Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh. The board will convene at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday; at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
The Board will meet Thursday, May 13, at 9 a.m. in the 7th floor board room for its regular monthly meeting.
The meeting agendas are available online.
If you haven’t already, please thank the teachers in your life. Enjoy the weekend. Here is the link to the playlist Superintendent Jeff McDaris updates for us each week.
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