Preschool is the ideal time to introduce children and families to the importance of consistent on-time school attendance and to encourage strong attendance habits. An often-overlooked element of supporting a smooth transition to kindergarten is helping families learn about the…
Community Supports for Learning Loss Recovery are EssentialAs many suspected might be the case, North Carolina’s fourth graders need more support to be better readers, since pandemic learning losses have impacted communities. This was demonstrated in the “Nation’s Report…
Guest Blog by Kyler Daniels, Ready Schools Coordinator for The Down East Partnership for Children
At the Down East Partnership for Children (DEPC), we spent September working on our annual Attendance Awareness Campaign in honor of the national month, under…
Amazingly, as we have made our way past mid-August, the first days of school are happening every day, along with lots of preparation for those new beginnings. Back to school organizing and shopping. First day of school photos. Crisp new…
President Joe Biden took office today. He has laid out a two-step plan of rescue and recovery, aimed at supporting children and families through the immediate health and economic crisis of the pandemic and building a stronger infrastructure going forward.…
Timely Tina is no ordinary clock. This September, Tina has been helping to ensure students in Nash and Edgecombe counties are present, engaged and supported at virtual school every day.
Timely Tina reintroduced herself on social media earlier this month…
The first B-3rd Interagency Council meeting since December 2019 focused almost entirely on the state’s COVID-19 response in child care, preschool, and K-12 schools, and the current science on how children are impacted by the virus. The Department of Public…
This article is a part of an ongoing series that examines equity during COVID-19 in early childhood and how this crisis impacts young children and families of color disproportionately in health, education, and geography across North Carolina. An introduction to…
The NC Legislature allocated the rest of the federal CARES Act funding (about $1 billion) in a quick 2-day session last week. The NC Senate avoided significant debate on the bill by gutting another bill and inserting the budget provisions,…
An Action Plan for 2021 on the Leandro case has been approved by Judge David Lee as a first step in what will eventually be an eight-year implementation of the state’s mandate to provide a sound, basic education to every…