This week in #nced: Controversial Town-Run Charter Schools May Spread, With Access To State Pensions; More Than 2,000 NC Teachers Failed a Math Licensing Exam. Now It May Be Dropped.
Friday Report – December 14, 2018
This week in #nced: NC Lawmakers Won’t Force State to Take Over Low-Performing School; NC Lawmakers Rejected a $2B Bond for School Building. Now They Want to Bring It Back.
Education Matters – Importance of Principal Leadership
Topic: Importance of Principal Leadership Education research has shown the single most important school-based factor student’s academic success is the classroom teacher. But research also shows that perhaps the next most […]
Friday Report – December 7, 2018
This week in #nced: State Board Approves ISD Selection with Caveats; NC Lawmakers: Make Schools Safer by Teaching About Responsibility & Controlling Bleeding
Education Matters – Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Topic: Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline Satana Deberry campaigned to become Durham County’s next District Attorney advocating for reforms in the criminal justice system, including how students are treated. She’s now […]
Friday Report – November 30, 2018
This week in #nced: Do More Cops in Schools Make Them Safer? New Study Looking at NC Schools Says No; NC School District May Stop Suspension for Some Infractions Because ‘It Isn’t Working’
Education Matters – The New State Board of Education
Topic: The New State Board of Education The NC General Assembly may have stripped the North Carolina State Board of Education of much of its power, but a new chairman […]
Friday Report – November 16, 2018
This week in #nced: NC Teachers Warned, ‘We Vote in November.’ And They Did, Helping Break GOP Supermajority; Durham’s Next District Attorney Wants to Stop Prosecuting Most Students Charged in School
Friday Report – November 9, 2018
This week in #nced: Republicans Lose Supermajorities in NC General Assembly; NC Launches Educator Discovery Awards to Help Public School Teachers Connect Students with Careers
Education Matters – How will the election affect education in NC?
Topic: How will the election affect education in NC? North Carolinians began casting ballots on October 17th at early-voting sites across the state and Election Day is next week. This […]
Friday Report – November 2, 2018
This week in #nced: Stymied by Questions about Process and Community Backlash, State Takeover of Goldsboro School Delayed; Bullying Preceded Fatal Shooting of Butler High Student, Officials Say
Education Matters – Community Fights School Takeover
Topic: Community Fights School Takeover Carver Heights Elementary School in Wayne County has been picked by the Innovative School District to become the 2nd NC school to be taken over […]
Friday Report – October 26, 2018
This week in #nced: Why Can’t NC Kids Read? Another Study Shows Read To Achieve Produced No Gains; UNC President Margaret Spellings Is Leaving the University System, Sources Say
When School Desegregation Mattered in Charlotte
Dorothy Counts, center, tried to desegregate Harding High School in Charlotte on Sept. 4, 1957, but met hostility from white classmates and parents. Photo Credit: UNC library collection. By Keith […]
Education Matters – The Color of Law
Topic: The Color of Law Our guest this week is best-selling author Richard Rothstein. He’s a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute at the University of California at Berkeley School […]
The Friday Report – October 19, 2018
This week in #nced: Analysis Detects No State-Level Impacts for ‘Read to Achieve’ Initiative; NC Leaders Approve $850 Million for Hurricane Florence Recovery. How Will They Spend It?
Education Matters – Students and Race
Topic: Students and Race “America To Me” is a new documentary series currently airing on the Starz cable network that was screened this week at events in Durham and Charlotte. […]
Friday Report – October 12, 2018
This week in #nced: Students, Teachers Reconnect in the Classroom After Florence; State Eyeing Takeover of Six Low-Performing Schools
Education Matters – Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones
Topic: Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Hannah-Jones is one of the country’s most respected and influential voices on issues of race and education. She was named […]
Friday Report – October 5, 2018
This week in #nced: Nikole Hannah-Jones kicks off Color of Education with hard truths about race and education; Cooper Signs Legislation Providing $56.6M in Florence Relief
Nikole Hannah-Jones kicks off Color of Education with hard truths about race and education
Award-winning New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones pulled no punches on Tuesday night before a crowd of more than 500 people at the kickoff event for the Color of […]
Friday Report – September 28, 2018
This week in #nced: Preserve Teacher Pay in Schools Closed After Florence, State Leaders Say; NC Voters Want the State to Double Funding for Early Childhood
MEDIA ADVISORY: Award-winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones To Discuss Race & Education at Durham Event
“Color of Education: An Evening with Nikole Hannah-Jones” Tuesday, October 2, 2018 7:00 – 8:30 PM Penn Pavilion at Duke University 107 Union Drive, Durham, NC 27710 The Public School […]
Friday Report – September 21, 2018
This week in #nced: What to Do in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster to Support Families and Reduce Trauma; After Florence, NC Leaders Want to Limit School Makeup Days