Happy New Year to all of our EdNC community!

The State Board of Education is meeting this week.  Here is the agenda for Wednesday, January 6. Here is the agenda for Thursday, January 7.

• 6 Education Stories To Watch In 2016

  nprEd | January 1, 2016

• Tennessee's State-Run District Runs Into Political Trouble

  Education Week | December 29, 2015

• Arne Duncan calls for addressing gun violence in final speech as education secretary

  The Washington Post | December 30, 2015

• More college credit in high school may be a way to boost on-time four-year graduation rates

  The Hechinger Report | January 4, 2016

• New data: 1 in 4 CMS students doesn’t speak English at home

  The Charlotte Observer | December 27, 2015

• Doctor, lawyer and educators want to be NC schools superintendent

  The Charlotte Observer | January 1, 2016

• Common Core math review group wanted more memorizing

  The News & Observer | January 3, 2016

• Once a child of CMS integration, Justin Perry now hopes to save it

  The Charlotte Observer | January 2, 2016

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