Bipartisanship, like pollen, has been in the air in Raleigh lately. Both will be gone soon.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper signed the âExcellent Public Schools Act of 2021â championed by Phil Berger, the Republican Senate president pro-tem. Democrats and Republicans voted overwhelmingly for the bill; it passed the Senate 48-0 and the House 113-5.
But when he signed the law, Governor Cooper said:
âLearning to read early in life is critical for our children and this legislation will help educators improve the way they teach reading. But ultimate success will hinge on attracting and keeping the best teachers with significantly better pay and more help in the classroom with tutoring and instructional coaching.â
Education Next
At least twenty states have passed or are considering measures related to the science of reading.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, center, and lawmakers gather Wednesday, March 10, 2021, for a news conference to announce that leaders of the state legislature and the governor have reached an agreement to reopen the state’s K-12 public schools to full-time daily instruction in Raleigh. Gov. Cooper recently signed the “Excellent Public Schools Act” into law.
If there’s one lesson education policymakers might have learned in the last twenty-five years, it’s that it’s not hard to make schools and districts do something, but it’s extremely hard to make them do it well. There has always been at least a tacit assumption among policy wonks that schools and teachers are sitting on vast reserves of untapped potential that must either to be set free from bureaucratic constraints or shaken out of its complacency. Those of us who have spent lots of time in classr
Winnipeg Free Press
The K-12 commission heard no shortage of concerns about a “no fail” practice in Manitoba public schools during the education review, but superintendents insist holding struggling students back is rarely in their best interest.
The K-12 commission heard no shortage of concerns about a no fail practice in Manitoba public schools during the education review, but superintendents insist holding struggling students back is rarely in their best interest.
Last month, the province released the commission’s final report, which addresses subjects ranging from school governance to grade retention. Parents and others expressed concerns during our consultations that ‘no fail,’ ‘no zero,’ and ‘grade inflation’ practices are prevalent in the province. They were also troubled that students were promoted through the system without achieving grade-related expectations, states a section on flunking.
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NC Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021 approved
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Raleigh, N.C. – The North Carolina State Senate today unanimously approved the “Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021.” The bill covers in-classroom instruction, reading camps, other reading interventions, data collection, and brings together the higher education and pre-K communities to help ensure consistency and quality in literacy instruction.
Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) introduced the bill along with Senate Education Committee Chairs Sens. Deanna Ballard (R-Watauga) and Michael Lee (R-New Hanover). The bill builds on the 2019 legislation to implement evidence-based policies to enhance and facilitate a successful reading curriculum for North Carolina students.