The Editor’s Notes

Hey there teachers! The Promoting Innovation in Science and Mathematics or PRISM Award provides N.C. public school teachers the opportunity to receive up to $3000 in funding towards the purchase of STEM-related materials and up to $1500 for any necessary training for those materials. Teachers may apply through Burroughs Wellcome Fund. Deadline is December 5, 2017.

Education Week is asking readers to help create a fuller picture on hate crimes, including those that take place in K-12 schools.

The State Board of Education will meet next week, Oct. 4-5, in the 7^th floor Board Room, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh.

The agendas for this meeting and executive summaries are available online (under Meetings tab).

Need to know

• Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Richard Joyner

  First in Future: IEI | August 22, 2017

• NATIONAL BLUE RIBBONS AWARDED TO SIX NC PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  NC DPI | September 28, 2017

• Why the Race to Find Bilingual Teachers? Because in Some States, 1 in 5 Students Is an English Language Learner

  The 74 Million | September 25, 2017

• To Improve Teacher Training, States Try ‘Micro Credentials’

  Stateline | September 28, 2017

• A Temperament for Teaching? Associations Between Personality Traits and Beginning Teacher Performance and Retention

  UNC EPIC | January 1, 2017

• ECU's Rural Prosperity Initiative

  ECU | September 19, 2017

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