Tag: North Carolina
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Education advocates lobby NC lawmakers to fund the $800 million-per-year Leandro plan
This article was published on WRAL by Emily Walkenhorst on August 11, 2021. Education and child advocates visited the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday to tell lawmakers their budget proposals aren’t enough to adequately fund public schools. Advocates urged lawmakers to fully fund the plan outlined in the quarter-century old Leandro education equity lawsuit.…
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Are you a special-ed teacher? Triangle schools need you — and will pay big to get you
This article was published on The News & Observer by T. Keung Hui on August 9, 2021. Triangle school districts are offering thousands of dollars in recruitment bonuses to attract new special-education teachers to educate students returning to class later this month. Last week, the Wake County school board approved a $3,500 teacher recruitment bonus to fill…
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Some North Carolina parents push for cameras in classrooms to protect students with disabilities
This article was published on ABC11 by Samantha Kummerer on June 10, 2021. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The phone call from her daughter’s principal wasn’t one Lyndsay Emmons was expecting or prepared for. “It was devastating. It was all the worst fears of a parent culminated in one phone call,” remembered the Wake County mom.…
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Pre-service teachers actively engage with avatar-based program
This article was published at the University of North Georgia by J.K. Devine on April 14, 2021. Teaching kindergarten through 12th-grade students with disabilities requires patience and skill. Dr. Brooks Peters and Dr. Jennifer Sears share those skills with University of North Georgia (UNG) students in her education courses. Usually, both assistant professors of elementary and special education re-enact…
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‘He’s lost rather than gained.’ COVID year is especially hard on special-needs students
This article was published on The News & Observer by T. Keung Hui on January 29, 2021. This story is part of “The Lost Year,” an occasional series on how the pandemic is affecting education across North Carolina. The past year has robbed many Americans of their lives, but it’s also robbed many special-needs children…