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The handcuffs are off: The pandemic presents an opportunity to empower teachers and re-imagine learning
Meet Superintendent John Bryant with Henderson County Public Schools. He caught my attention telling a story about summer school. The district’s summer school began on June 9, 2021, and served about 2,000 students over six weeks, operating Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.…
Here’s what the state recommends to keep students and staff safe from delta
In-person learning is starting soon amid another coronavirus surge. The StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit offers guidance on how to return to classrooms as safely as possible.…
As delta variant surges, community colleges prepare for fall
Despite shifts in day-to-day operations and instruction, community colleges in North Carolina never closed as COVID-19 surged through rural and urban communities.…
Perspective | One teacher’s message for Secretary Cardona
When multi-classroom leader Kenyatta Davenport got the chance to talk to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, her message was simple: Teachers haven’t given up, but we need your support to get students back on track after the coronavirus — and fast.…
The Editor’s Notes
This year, EdNC will be visiting all 100 counties. This week, I’ll be in Watauga, then joining Dr. Jeremy Gibbs on a swing through some western districts including Macon, then Transylvania, then Haywood.
We want to broaden and deepen our reach across the state, and we need to learn more about how information actually moves county by county. We’ve got some flyers we’d like help putting up in schools and at coffee shops with a QR code for a link to a survey. If you are willing to help us post those flyers in your community, DM me on Twitter @Mebane_Rash and I’ll send you the flyers along with a tote! Thank you for being part of our architecture of participation.
In my visit to Yancey last week, I was reminded over and over of the role our schools play in our communities — from providing meals to building housing. I am so thankful for our everyday heroes.
And then in my visit to Henderson, a powerful reminder that mindset matters. If you don’t know Superintendent John Bryant, check out this article. May his commitment to students, willingness to empower teachers, command of change management, and desire to innovate also be contagious. Welcome back to school, y’all!
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"Despite a nearly two-decades old recommendation from a committee convened by former Gov. Michael Easley that called on the NC Department of Public Instruction to include information about the eugenics program"... Read the rest
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DPI releases Science of Reading infographic
