The Editor’s Notes

When EdNC travels, we always pick up a copy of the local newspaper to check out the coverage of education.

Here are a couple of articles that caught my attention in the Cherokee One Feather:

Frank discussion on addiction held at Cherokee Central Schools

CHS agriculture program seeing the fruits (and vegetables) of its labor

Need to know

• Alice Garland: Lottery beneficial to education

  The News & Observer | April 2, 2015

• If students can't do college work, NC counties would pay

  The Asheville Citizen-Times | April 2, 2015

• Time to cool it with bashing schools

  Cabinet Report | April 1, 2015

• Decriminalizing School Discipline: Why Black Males Matter

  Education Week | March 31, 2015

• Board-Certified Teachers More Effective, New Studies Affirm

  Education Week | March 31, 2015

• Why Can’t Politicians Get Out of Schooling?

  EducationNext | April 2, 2015

• As legislative session marches on, education bills aim to tweak past measures

  NC Policy Watch | April 1, 2015

• Paying Lip Service to Career Readiness

  The Carolina Journal | April 2, 2015

• Changes in District Leadership Can Leave Funders Wary

  Education Week | March 31, 2015

• Common-Core Testing Clashes With Social-Media Monitoring

  Education Week | March 31, 2015

• Online Course-Taking Evolving Into Viable Option for Special Ed.

  Education Week | March 31, 2015

• Award-Winning Educator Decries Current Teaching Climate

  Education Week | May 31, 2015

• Title I Research: Putting the Program Under the Microscope

  Education Week | March 31, 2015

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