8/18/2021

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Teachers want better preparation in reading instruction. In the UNC System, it’s getting personal

by Rupen R. Fofaria | August 17, 2021

Laura Bilbro-Berry stepped into her first classroom as a teacher in 1992. She realized both the weight and the depth of her responsibility almost immediately. About a third of her elementary school students struggled with reading, and the “whole language”...

Starting small and growing: How a Lillington educator and church use gardens for community support

by Caroline Parker | August 17, 2021

Shannon Brooks, an exceptional children’s (EC) educator at Lillington-Shawtown Elementary was walking through a parking lot in April and noticed a truck pulling in to turn around. In the bed of the truck was the frame for a raised garden....

Student Perspective | Dear COVID

by Camila | August 17, 2021

Dear COVID,why are you still here? why are you present?why can’t you disappear? why do you take the lives of others?why do you tear people from each other? why do you cause the world to divide?why do you want to...

Student Perspective | What was school like for me?

by Ahlivia | August 17, 2021

How has school been for me?I honestly don’t think there’s a possibilityFor me to fully explainWhat has been going on recently. I’m struggling and praying to pass classesThat should strengthen my GPA, butAt a certain point, motivation stopsAnd all that’s...

The Editor’s Notes

In Transylvania County, the first day of school was on Monday. That night, a contentious school board meeting kept educators out until late in the night. Already weary, they returned for day two, only to be confronted with unprecedented rain and flooding from a tropical storm turned depression. And yet, in Macon and then Jackson and then back in Transylvania, educators did all the things — from diverting flooding from school doors, to stopping the leaks in old school buildings, to teaching which is what they actually signed up to do, to making sure all the children on all the buses got home safely. I watched principals offer to go get water out of people’s homes after the school day finally ended. The spirit and commitment of our workforce of educators is unparalleled and I am thankful.

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