8/6/2021
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N.C. House starts releasing portions of its budget
The House budget is starting to take shape as the education appropriations committee started releasing portions of its plan Thursday morning, more than a month after the Senate passed its plan. And the proposal was missing something major: salary numbers....
State Board meets to discuss masks in schools, $1 billion of relief funds in limbo, and more
Should North Carolina schools require masks? How will the state track student growth in the wake of missed classroom time and testing? And can the state hold onto the billions of federal pandemic relief dollars pouring in? These were some...
Perspective | History connects the dots to current events
The debate over teaching history itself has a history. Or, as the old aphorism goes, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” What is playing out in North Carolina, ranging from the General Assembly to the State Board of...
The Editor’s Notes
We expect the House budget to be posted early next week. Stay tuned. Superintendents, it’s worth noting that in the budget previewed yesterday if a district isn’t teaching cursive, the superintendent’s pay could be withheld.
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REPORT | How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research
Yesterday, NASBE held a great webinar featuring this research and NC's Anna Egalite and Constance Lindsay talked about principal and principal impact on student achievement. It's worth a look. Read the rest
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REPORT | Teaching Innovation: New School Staffing Strategies Inspired by the Pandemic
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