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How are our young children doing? A week of listening

by Liz Bell | July 31, 2020

Since the early days of COVID-19, I’ve heard stories of child care teachers juggling work and school through a pandemic, of Smart Start employees leading a rural community’s response, of home visitors acting as lifelines for vulnerable families with even...

Lessons for the fall from a spring of remote preschool

by Liz Bell | July 31, 2020

Remote learning presents challenges, especially for the youngest learners. As many districts choose to start the fall semester virtually to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, a survey of NC Pre-K teachers provides insights into how remote preschool went in...

North Carolina’s first recovery high school offers ‘a continuum of care around each individual student’

by Katie Dukes | August 3, 2020

Prior to 2019, students in North Carolina who completed a 30-day treatment program for substance abuse typically returned to their same high schools. “That’s like sending someone struggling with alcohol back to a bar every day and expecting them to...

Perspective | How education will be made better as a result of the pandemic

by Tim Tinnesz | August 3, 2020

No people or places have been spared from the impact of COVID-19, including our schools, students, and teachers. These are extraordinarily difficult times for us all, and uncertainty abounds.  Even in the most challenging moments, though, there are reasons for hope. Pandemics...

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The Editor’s Notes

Need to know

• For schools to reopen, Congress must include broadband funding in the stimulus bill

  Brookings | July 28, 2020

• We Need to Talk About Ventilation

  The Atlantic | July 30, 2020

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