9/15/2020

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Regional Aligning Educational Efforts: Here’s how four community colleges are blazing a collaborative trail

by Nation Hahn, Alli Lindenberg and Robert Kinlaw | September 14, 2020

This article is part of the Solution Seekers series. Find the full series here. Garrett Hinshaw, president of Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC), and Michael Helmick, when he was president of Western Piedmont Community College (WPCC), led two institutions that sit...

Perspective | Unprecedented times? In education, more lie ahead

by Paul LeMahieu | September 14, 2020

With all the upheaval experienced in the wake of COVID-19, educators have scrambled to adapt their educational offerings into new formats and spaces. Indeed, nothing prepared us for this and nothing has been more difficult for educators than the challenges...

Perspective | Make sure all NC students have access to STEM opportunities

by Mary Ann Wolf | September 14, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is Mary Ann Wolf’s “Final Word” from the Sept. 12, 2020 broadcast of Education Matters – “STEM Funders, Business, and Industry.” If you’ve spent any time around young children, you know they ask a lot of...

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The North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools along with the North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools are hosting a candidate forum with Jen Mangrum Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. A forum with Catherine Truitt will be held on September 23rd.

You can join in the following ways: 

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907882466

Google Meet: meet.google.com/cap-eood-zas

Phone: (US) +1 575-708-2589 (PIN: 253396756)

Webinar ID: 869 0788 2466

 

Public Schools First NC, the NC PTA, and the Public School Forum of North Carolina are having a virtual public education conversation with Governor Roy Cooper Thursday at 7 p.m. Those who are interested must register:   https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5323577325669170699

 

The State Board of Community Colleges will meet Friday at 9 a.m. for their monthly Board meeting. You can listen to the meeting using the following link. You can find the agenda here. 

https://zoom.us/j/98966185546?pwd=QjR1YVlmTVM4T1J3RmRXcE04V1paZz09

Meeting ID: 989 6618 5546

Passcode: 526747

Need to know

• N.C. parents demand districts return to in-person teaching

  Wilmington Star-News | September 14, 2020

• Will This Be a Lost Year for America’s Children?

  The New York Times Magazine | September 11, 2020

• How the pandemic is upending pre-K

  Politico Weekly | September 14, 2020

• Districts Offer Cash to Families Who Skip the School Bus

  Education Week | September 10, 2020

• Hotspots no silver bullet for rural remote learning

  The Hechinger Report | September 9, 2020

• Pandemic should prompt questions about who makes N.C. education policy

  The Carolina Journal | September 15, 2020

• Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap

  Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center | September 14, 2020