9/1/2023
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Perspective | A blessing for the school year
The year is tiltingtoward the start of school again,but truth be told,we’re not ready. We’re still hanging on to summer, to the promise it held for long-awaited connections and celebrations, for refreshment for our bodies and souls in water and...
Perspective | Idealism confronts politics in voting for public education
The public-spirited folks of Higher Ed Works have turned their attention to public pre-K-12 education in North Carolina. The nonprofit organization recently published what the French call a cri de coeur under the provocative headline: “Why do we let our...
The Editor’s Notes
Join us in Asheville for the next DRIVE Task Force meeting! There is a networking event after school hours for educators on 9/21 and then the meeting the next day on 9/22.
The Develop a Representative and Inclusive Vision for Education (DRIVE) Task Force is made up of parents and guardians, K-12 educators, state and local government personnel, and both UNC System and community college personnel.
In 2021, the team released recommendations for how to increase the racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity of the state’s educator workforce. Now, they want to hear from communities across the state about how they can advance that goal.
Find out more and register here: https://web.cvent.com/…/9946a19b-043c…/regProcessStep1
Here is your playlist for the weekend from Jeff McDaris, who week to week encourages us to take the weekends, listen to music, and breathe, reflect, and dedicate again to this work we feel called to do for our students, our state, and our future.
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