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Edgecombe County Public Schools Superintendent Selected as 2021 NCSSA Brad Sneeden Leadership Award Winner
The North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association (NCSSA) has announced the selection of Dr. Valerie H. Bridges, superintendent of Edgecombe County Public Schools, as the recipient of the Dr.…

STEM fun-packs curated by UNC Asheville faculty members distributed to Asheville City Schools students
The following is a press release from University of North Carolina Asheville UNC Asheville faculty members Agya Boakye-Boaten, Tiece Ruffin, and Landon Ward are leading a new initiative this summer to tackle the ever-widening opportunity and achievement gap between Black and white Asheville City and Buncombe County Public Schools’ students.…

Perspective | Tar Heel Teachers at Home: Interview with Chip Buckwell, Kannapolis City Schools superintendent
Tar Heel Teachers at Home is a weekly interview series focused on engaging North Carolinians in conversations about education. Each week, a panel of educators interview a guest(s).…

Perspective | Teacher’s social media science experiments reach millions
Solar systems, skeletons, and stacks of supplies line the walls in Nancy Bullard’s classroom. Bullard — better known as Mrs. B — is the science lab teacher at Huntingtowne Farms Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina.…
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POLICY REPORT | State Policy Options to Promote K-12 Integration
Explores types of segregation, notes policy considerations for addressing each, and points to state examples and case studies demonstrating the implementation and effectiveness of desegregation efforts.... Read the rest
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Cardona: "We owe it to our education community to stand behind them.”
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REPORT AND WEBINAR | Digital transformation in labor and education systems
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NC IN THE NEWS | The Pandemic Ruined Third Grade. Can Summer School Make Up for It?