14 counties seek authority to require schools to reopen, full-time for in-person instruction ncpolicywatch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ncpolicywatch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The good news is that North Carolina institutions aren’t just producing good ideas about how to improve school leadership. They’re on the ground implementing them.
In North Carolina politics, few issues are as contentious as education. For years, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly have locked horns on such issues as funding formulas, teacher pay, and parental choice. More recently, legislators have tried to give all schoolchildren access to in-person instruction, only to be stymied by Cooper’s veto pen wielded at the behest of the North Carolina affiliate of America’s largest teachers union.
The problems we face are grave. Among the disastrous effects of COVID-19 and the ensuing shutdowns have been emotional distress and learning loss. Most high-schoolers just failed their end-of-course exams, for example.
State Board Votes to Reopen N.C. Schools with New Coronavirus Safety Measures PUBLISHED 3:15 PM ET Mar. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:15 PM EST Mar. 04, 2021
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Public schools in North Carolina will be required to offer in-person instruction to all students by the end of March after a vote by State Board of Education members on Thursday.
Most school districts in the state have brought some students back into classrooms in some form or another with varying guidelines to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But some students have not been back in front of teachers in-person for almost a year.
New guidelines from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services say public schools should reopen for all K-12 students, require face coverings for all students, and six feet of social distancing for grades six and up.
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