
Pandemic spurs huge home school boom, but will it last?
The family of former Lt. Gov. Dan Forest learning at home in 2015. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a fairly dramatic increase in the number of home schools and home-schooled students in North Carolina.…

Despite resistance, equity gatherings endure because students still suffer injustices
Patricia Hilliard found herself dreaming one day and rapidly planning for reality the next. During a meeting with her supervisor in January 2020, Hilliard was encouraged to bring her passions into her work at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation.…

Perspective | A blind judge retires, who had turned a spotlight on North Carolina’s public historically Black universities
David S. Tatel has decided to retire as a full-time judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.…
According to Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn at NC Insider, the legislature is going to be taking a break. The Insider reports, “The Senate will have no voting sessions until the week of Aug. 2. The House is expected to be in session on Monday evening and Tuesday morning, then adjourn for the remainder of the week.” The update also reports that according to Sen. Phil Berger, “The Critical Race Theory bill will be in the Senate Education Committee the first week in August.” It now looks like the House won’t release it’s budget until the second week of August. All that means the legislature could be on track to adjourn before Labor Day.
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