A legislative council charged with creating a vision and strategy for a comprehensive birth through third grade education system for North Carolina will focus in 2021 on transitions among preschool and the early grades, supporting mental health and family engagement…
On March 15th, the state parties involved with the Leandro case submitted their Comprehensive Remedial Plan to the NC Superior Court. View the Plan here.
The Plan is in response to Consent Orders made by Judge Lee in January and…
The Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) wants to hear from YOU about how NC should invest in child care quality and assistance to families.
It’s time for NC to develop the state’s next three-year plan on how…
If you’ve been following NC education news for the past two weeks, you’ll know that the State Board of Education has been considering revisions to the K-12 Social Studies Standards for NC public schools. On February 4th, they voted and…
The Think BabiesTM NC Alliance recently shared its 2021 Policy Priorities for NC infants, toddlers and their families. The Alliance seeks to ensure that North Carolina’s youngest children, prenatal to age 3, benefit from effective and equitable public policies, programs,…
Title I Preschool and the NC Head Start State Collaboration Office (Office of Early Learning, NC Department of Public Instruction), the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation, and EducationCounsel have partnered since December 2017 to support school districts and early childhood…
The 2021 NC legislative session begins on January 27th. In addition to the normal state budget cycle, the legislature will be divvying up the federal COVID-19 relief funds passed in December by Congress.
We recommend this important early childhood Legislative…
Childcare is a critical consideration in voting during the 2020 election. The North Carolina stop in the YWCA’s Conversation with America’s Women on October 26 aimed to lift up the voices of women to inform the 2020 election. As our…
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…