7/23/20
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From an early preparedness plan to internal training videos, here’s how Guilford County Schools is working to keep the community safe
“The COVID-19 pandemic pushed us all to take extraordinary measures to prevent illness,” starts one Guilford County Schools internal training video. When the leadership of the third-largest school district in North Carolina was looking for training videos on procedures during COVID-19...
Behind the scenes of our Latinx reporting: Building empathy and understanding through our shared humanity
Editor’s Note: Carol Bono is a multimedia reporter with a passion for ESL and Latinx students. This is a reporter’s notebook looking behind the scenes of her reporting during COVID-19 and looking forward to EdNC’s future Latinx content. Haz clic...
Perspective | NC Pathways to Grade Level Reading releases a new early childhood data dashboard
Early childhood data are more important than ever as North Carolina addresses the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and continues to reckon with structural racism and social injustice. Advocates, policymakers, and child and family service providers need to know how young children...
The Editor’s Notes
The State Board of Education will meet remotely on Friday, July 24, at 10:30 a.m. to consider COVID-19-related and other actions. You can access the agenda here.
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Families Of Children With Special Needs Are Suing In Several States. Here's Why.
"Advocates and experts say the very nature of special education means it's hard to come up with a single solution that works for everyone — or a remedy under existing rules and laws to even start to address the problem." Read the rest
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Student Survey: Despite High Numbers Saying Their Schools Were Assigning Work and They Were Completing it, Only Half Said They Were Really Learning During Pandemic
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As NC residents get a COVID-19 break from fines and fees, school budgets pay the price
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Making Sense of Governance in Early Childhood
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Parents & education leaders concerned about inequalities created by remote learning
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