I grew up in North Carolina and attended North Carolina public schools from kindergarten through 12th grade. In my experience, few kids were out at my school as LGBTQ+ and words like pronouns, gender nonconformity, and non-binary weren’t commonly used.…
When Hickory Public Schools landed on a warning list for identifying a significantly disproportionate number of Black students as having mild intellectual disabilities in 2017, it took a look at its practices.…
The Mount Airy City Schools District was selected last year to participate in a Smart School Bus Safety Pilot Program. $115,000 was allocated to the district in House Bill 1105, to begin the three-year program no later than Nov.…
North Carolina educators are grappling with the uncertainties of classroom and at-home learning because of COVID-19. This has made it imperative, now more than ever, that teachers identify exactly what challenges and learning gaps their students are facing.…
The U.S. Census Bureau doesn’t deliver breaking news. Rather, it documents and illuminates societal shifts detected over time. The legendary newspaper editor Gene Roberts, a North Carolinian, famously instructed journalists to report news that oozes.…
The Editor’s Notes
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