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Want to be a teacher? Check out your local community college

by Mebane Rash | August 24, 2020

Two new associate degrees at our community colleges will make it easier for aspiring teachers to become part of North Carolina’s teacher pipeline. The state is working to increase the diversity of our teacher corps and also recruit teachers who...

Listen | CPCC president Kandi Deitemeyer focuses on ‘the long game’ during COVID-19

by Nation Hahn and Alli Lindenberg | August 24, 2020

Across the state, our 58 community colleges are welcoming students back for instruction during a fall semester like no other. We recently caught up with Kandi Deitemeyer to discuss how all of the challenges of college during COVID-19 will unfold...

Perspective | School culture amid COVID-19: Broadband must improve

by Mary Ann Wolf | August 24, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is Mary Ann Wolf’s “Final Word” from the Aug. 22, 2020 broadcast of Education Matters – “School Culture in the World of COVID-19.” As I talked with Drs. Bob Grimesey and Carrie Tulbert and our Vance...

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The Editor’s Notes

The 74 and America’s Promise Alliance are holding a virtual youth town hall tomorrow at 2pm ET on the coronavirus pandemic, the push to reopen schools, and the ongoing movement for racial justice. Here is more information, including registration.

Need to know

• Learning the COVID era: Nonprofits step up for students

  The Daily Advance | August 23, 2020

• NC high school switched to online classes because so many staff are under quarantine

  The Charlotte Observer | August 23, 2020

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