The Editor’s Notes

Need to know

• North Carolina’s step-by-step war on public education

  The Washington Post | August 7, 2015

• Common Core Is Premier Education Issue in GOP Presidential Debate

  Education Week | August 6, 2015

• Should high school students have to ‘defend’ their diploma like a Ph.D?

  The Hechinger Report | August 7, 2015

• High Schoolers And Snooze Buttons: A Public Health Crisis?

  nprEd | August 8, 2015

• UNDERSTANDING THE COMMON CORE: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT ISN’T

  The 74 Million | August 8, 2015

• ONE plus One equals need for a cheat sheet on education causes

  The Charlotte Observer | August 7, 2015

• Eastern Wake students discover STEM careers

  The News & Observer | August 7, 2015

• Buncombe schools plan to cut teacher assistant hours

  Asheville Citizen-Times | August 7, 2015

• Bridging school-supply gap

  Durham Herald-Sun | August 8, 2015

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