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District, state leaders say schools do have safety plans
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 state has in its systems. …

State officials order safety checks at public schools, community colleges
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.…

Perspective | More guns do not make safer childhoods and American life
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.…

Perspective | It’s time we care about our children and their caregivers
The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed, marks the 27th school shooting to date this year.…

Dudley Flood Center announces the creation of the Jeanes Fellows Program
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.”…
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.
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