Gov. Roy Cooper adjusted the state’s recommendations on masking in K-12 schools on Thursday, July 29. He said the new guidance now aligns with that recently issued from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which says that all...
Michelle Thigpen walks out of the media center at Southwest Elementary in High Point, apologizing for a mess that doesn’t seem to be there. “We’ve got to piecemeal the stripping and waxing with summer school going on,” says Thigpen, an...
Though every grade looked different last school year in North Carolina, kindergarten classrooms were especially unusual. And after kindergarten saw the largest decline in average daily membership (ADM) of any K-12 grade last year, what this school year will look...
As schools reopen to full in-class learning for the 2021-22 year, let’s turn to the fluffy curmudgeon, the green guy with the wide mouth and bulging eyes, who lives in a garbage can. “Oscar the Grouch here to tell you,...
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To vaccinate more kids 12+, the President is calling on school districts to host at least one pop-up vaccine clinic in the coming weeks. He’s directing federal pharmacy program partners to prioritize working with school districts to host vaccine clinics at schools and colleges.
The State Board of Education will meet next Wednesday and Thursday, August 4 and 5, in the 7th floor Board Room, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh. Here is the agenda on Wednesday. Here is the agenda on Thursday.
This site is intended to empower district and state leaders with concrete strategies and guidance for using their American Rescue Plan funds to make impactful investments in postsecondary pathways....
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