Headlines from a legislative committee a few weeks ago were about a lack of safety plans at schools around the state. But according to district and state leaders, schools do have some kind of safety plan, though not always plans that the...
In the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, state officials have ordered members of various North Carolina law enforcement divisions to perform safety checks at public schools and community colleges around the state. The safety checks will be...
Editor’s Note: The following is a statement from Muffy Grant, executive director of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF), on recent mass shootings. The last weeks of May are typically joyful for families, with moving up ceremonies, graduations, end-of-year...
The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed, marks the 27th school shooting to date this year. At least 17 mass shootings have occurred since the tragedy in Uvalde, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an...
Earlier this month, the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity announced the creation of the Jeanes Fellows Program, which is “is designed to provide consistent and intentional infrastructure to support community-school relationships using an equity lens.” A press...
The Editor’s Notes
The State Board of Education will meet remotely, via conference call, on Wednesday, June 22, at 12 p.m.The meeting agenda is available online and includes a link to audio access for the meeting.
