6/30/2020

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Collaboration, community, and the challenge of a pandemic: John Gossett reflects on his tenure at MTCC

by Nation Hahn | June 29, 2020

On a warm summer morning, John Gossett, president of McDowell Technical Community College, bounded out of his administrative building to welcome us to the college. Gossett has served McDowell Tech in a variety of roles since 2012. On July 1,...

How will a community college serve students this fall amid COVID-19?

by Nation Hahn | June 29, 2020

Mark Poarch has been president of Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI) since the spring of 2016. Poarch was executive vice president of the college as Caldwell County tried to climb out of the last great recession, so he...

Exploring statewide trends and equity gaps in North Carolina districts’ responses to COVID-19

by Jessica Struhs | June 29, 2020

This data summary analyzes trends in the NC District Responses to COVID-19 School Closures database completed on June 5, 2020, which is an update of the database first published on April 23, 2020. In developing the database, researchers first searched...

Perspective | The reality of broadband in North Carolina

by Charles Coble | June 29, 2020

Welcome to our monthly feature on EducationNC called the NC STEM ScoreCard, written in partnership with the NC Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center (SMT) and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The previous edition of the STEM ScoreCard featuring MCNC can...

Perspective | Student voices supporting Black Lives Matter take on a renewed urgency. We should all listen.

by Leigh Kokenes | June 29, 2020

Black Lives Matter. During this time, student voices matter tremendously as they watch and try to understand the appalling deaths of Black men and women. They are trying to understand their place in history and forming their view of the world and...

The Editor’s Notes

The State Board of Education meets virtually today at 1:30. Here is the agenda. They will take up approval of contracts over $500K, teacher compensation and advanced teaching roles, and Superintendent Mark Johnson will present and seek approval on a 2020-21 K-3 reading diagnostic plan.

John Gossett is transitioning today from being president at McDowell Technical Community College to being president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. In case you missed them up above, Nation and Alli’s stories from the road continue.

Need to know

COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry

American Academy of Pediatrics | June 30, 2020

The AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school. Read the rest

Literacy Instruction in Educator Preparation and Practice: Teacher Effectiveness Analyses
EPIC | June 30, 2020
Some NC school reopening plans are ‘nonsensical,’ Lt. Gov. Forest says
The News & Observer | June 29, 2020
Teaching and Leading Through a Pandemic
RAND | June 26, 2020