7/20/2021

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Here’s what gave educators hope this past school year

by Alli Lindenberg | July 19, 2021

During the 2020-2021 school year, we visited 44 school districts in North Carolina. During our visits, we talked to educators about what gave them hope this year. In partnership with the Public School Forum of North Carolina, we produced weekly moments...

Perspective | The future of North Carolina? His name is Elias

by Meytal Barak | July 19, 2021

Elias was just a few weeks old when I first met him and his mother Mariana in 2016. Mariana’s schedule has always been a balancing act: a full-time student, who also works full time — all while raising her beloved...

The Editor’s Notes

Across the country more than 100 Historically Black Colleges & Universities provide students of color with a quality, culturally-responsive postsecondary education. Today, on Tuesday, July 20 at 2 pm, our colleagues at the Hunt Institute are talking with education leaders about strategies for providing wraparound services to students. Panelists include:

• Dr. Karrie Dixon, CEO & Chancellor, Elizabeth State University
• Angela Sailor, Vice President of The Feulner Institute, The Heritage Foundation
• Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis, President, Benedict College

You can register for the webinar here.

Need to know

• ‘Cruel and Vindictive’: Immigrant Youth Rally Outside Houston Courthouse After Federal Judge Strikes Down DACA

  The 74 | July 19, 2021

• TAKE A LOOK | Here is what summer school looks like in the Buncombe County Schools

  Buncombe County Schools | July 12, 2021

• A manicurist, Uber driver, and theater worker: Poorly-paid NC teachers work multiple jobs

  The Asheville Citizen Times | July 13, 2021

• National Principals Conference | How SEL can help raise high school reading achievement

  K-12DIVE | July 16, 2021

• Early reading tests can aid educational recovery after the pandemic

  Brookings | July 19, 2021

• POLICY REPORT | Early Care and Education Governance

  Education Commission of the States | June 23, 2021