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OPINION: Closing down schools was a mistake
Closing down school buildings for many months last year — and offering poorly planned and executed virtual schooling as an inadequate substitute — proved to be a disaster for North Carolina children, families, and the education system itself.
Poor test scores show the effects of school closures, remote learning on students
RALEIGH — Test results in reading, math, and science for the 2020-21 school year show the effects school closures and remote learning have had on public school students in North Carolina.
Authors sign children's book at Dobbins Heights Community Center
DOBBINS HEIGHTS — Elizabeth Johnson and Tyrell Plair signed copies of their new children's book on life lessons Friday and Saturday at the town’s community center.
Legislature sends Cooper bills designed to address learning losses
RALEIGH — Two bills sitting on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk are designed to remediate learning losses for K-12 students left behind by classroom closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
GOP lawmakers introduce measure to promote early literacy among N.C. public school students
RALEIGH — Republican legislators in the N.C. Senate are pushing forward a bill meant to improve literacy among North Carolina public school students by the third grade.
N.C. doing well in training teachers of reading, but news isn’t all good
RALEIGH — North Carolina ranks 12th in the nation for how it prepares teachers to teach children to read, a new report shows.
State superintendent clashes with Board of Education over Read to Achieve
RALEIGH — The January meeting of the N.C. State Board of Education ran late into the evening, but it concluded with a tense discussion between the board and State Superintendent Mark Johnson.
Superior Court drops K-3 reading tool contract dispute over lack of jurisdiction
RALEIGH — A court has rejected an attempt by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and Istation for it to intervene in a dispute over a K-3 reading tool contract.
Dispute between Istation and Amplify may head to court
RALEIGH — State Superintendent Mark Johnson isn’t happy with how the N.C. Department of Information Technology has handled the dispute between Amplify and Istation for the K-3 reading contract, and he’s taking the matter to the courts.
Contract dispute over reading diagnostic tool far from finished
RALEIGH — The school year may be halfway over — or more — before the contract dispute between competing reading diagnostic companies is resolved, leaving students at public schools in limbo.
