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It could be years before students recover from COVID-era learning loss
RALEIGH — Epidemiologists and infectious disease experts have consistently maintained that the risk of spread of the COVID-19 virus among young children is low. But that hasn’t stopped policymakers like N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper from — for most of the past year — keeping in-person instruction closed for all K-12 students. Many families have suffered as a result.
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.
Parents find learning pods help students struggling with online learning
RALEIGH — Just after Natalie Jacome launched a new clinic, the pandemic hit.
Lawmakers slam state officials for lockdowns that left students behind
RALEIGH — More students face repeating a grade than any time in the past century, says David Stegall, deputy superintendent of innovation at the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
UNCP faculty members begin six-week program in online teaching
PEMBROKE, NC – Professors became students at UNC Pembroke recently when 59 faculty members immersed themselves in a six-week certificate program in Online Teaching Excellence hosted by the Office of Online Learning and the Teaching and Learning Center.
