National Assessment Scores Say NC Must Help Young Readers

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…

How Does Governor Cooper’s Budget Proposal Prioritize Early Childhood?

Last month, Governor Cooper released a FY 2022-2023 budget proposal, called Building on Success, that includes investments in early childhood, education and health. In the plan, Cooper proposes a $525.8 million budget, designed to fully fund recommendations from the Leandro…

Imagining What’s Possible with the Pathways Action Map

The NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Initiative (Pathways) has always been about possibility. It started by bringing together diverse North Carolina leaders to imagine what would be possible if:We adopted shared, whole child, birth-to-eight measures that put children on…

Meet Timely Tina

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…