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North Carolina District Wins ISTE 2025 Distinguished Award for AI Leadership and Parent Engagement Innovation

July 10, 2025July 8, 2025 by Kevin Hogan
Kimberley Thompson-Hairston, Director of Instructional Technology and Media for Stokes County Schools and Chad Stevens, Head of K-12 Engagement for ... Read more

Just Right Reader Donates 315,000 Books to North Carolina Schools Impacted by Hurricane Helene

January 30, 2025 by ESchool News Staff
NORTH WILKESBORO and ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — In support of North Carolina schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Just ... Read more
Curriculum & Assessment

Resources to encourage students’ civic engagement

October 23, 2024 by Valencia Ann Abbott, Rockingham Early College High School
Content that nurtures students' curiosity around civics helps them participate in class as informed, engaged, and inspired students.
Finding interesting resources goes a long way in boosting my students’ engagement with the material, better positioning them for lifelong success. I do that by finding content that…
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QoreInsights Launches AI-Enabled Professional Learning Grant for Rural Elementary Schools

September 24, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
Waxhaw, North Carolina – North Carolina based QoreInsights, an innovative education technology company, is excited to announce the launch of ... Read more
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North Carolina Virtual Academy Summer Camp Boosts Third Grade Reading Proficiency Through Reading Eggs Program

September 3, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
NEW YORK — North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA) and 3P Learning announced new results from an online summer learning camp focused ... Read more
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AI-Enabled Personal Professional Learning MicroGrant Winners Announced

April 26, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
Charlotte, North Carolina — North Carolina based QoreInsights announced winners of their inaugural MicroGrant program where they selected three schools ... Read more
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AI-Enabled Personal Professional Learning MicroGrant Announced Targets Teachers and Coaches (K-6)

March 19, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
North Carolina based QoreInsights announced today the launch of a MicroGrant program where they will award three schools with free ... Read more

Texas K12 charter connects 28 schools together to elevate educational experiences

February 4, 2025March 18, 2024 by Jeff Festa
  International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas) is a free K-12 charter school program serving over 23,000 children on 21 campuses. ... Read more

Cannon School leads esports boom with Spectrum Enterprise fiber

February 4, 2025March 18, 2024 by Jeff Festa
  At Cannon School in Concord, North Carolina, esports has become a tool for raising spirits and building collaboration among ... Read more
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Scribbles Software Announces “Mass Lottery” Feature to Help Schools and Districts Quickly Manage Complex Lotteries

August 29, 2023 by ESchool News Staff
Charlotte, North Carolina – Scribbles Software, a leading provider of K-12 records and enrollment software, announces significant updates to streamline ... Read more
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The teaching profession is facing a post-pandemic crisis

August 4, 2023 by Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat
Since the pandemic, teacher morale has dropped, while teacher turnover has increased, pointing to a growing crisis in the teaching profession
Howard McLean is worried. The superintendent of a rural school district 50 miles outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, McLean is not sure how he is going to be…
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Certiport Names 2023 Adobe Certified Professional US National Champions

July 10, 2023 by ESchool News Staff
Orlando, Florida – Certiport, a Pearson VUE business and the leading provider of performance-based IT certification exams that accelerate academic ... Read more
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Schools and Districts in Eight States Make Big Investments in Lexia Aspire Professional Learning

June 16, 2023 by ESchool News Staff
BOSTON – Months after the launch of Lexia Aspire™ Professional Learning, schools and districts in California, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New ... Read more
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Scribbles Software Selected as a Finalist for the 2022 NC TECH Awards

October 28, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
Pineville, NC – Scribbles Software, a leading provider of K-12 records and enrollment software located in Pineville, NC, was selected ... Read more
Newsline

North Carolina Education Corps and Littera Education Partner to Improve Reading Achievement for North Carolina K-3 Students

June 29, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
New York — The North Carolina Education Corps (NCEC) will partner with Littera Education to support and improve reading outcomes ... Read more
SEL & Well-Being

3 tactics to center educator wellness

February 11, 2022 by Rodney Crouse, 4th Grade Teacher, North Carolina
Creating a successful and lasting educational impact on students needs to involve educator wellness
The pandemic has shown, clearly, the impact wellness has on students: the U.S. Attorney General recently reported a 40 percent increase in student sadness or hopelessness while Mental…
District Management

Addressing students’ pandemic ‘learning loss’

December 17, 2021 by Dr. Toby A. Travis, Founder, TrustED
Moving forward, those who are keepers of standardized tests will need to recalibrate for things such as learning loss, student learning, and more.
A new phrase as a result of the pandemic, “learning loss,” captures the concern that students’ learning has been compromised over the past year and a half. However,…
Newsline

Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

September 24, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
BOSTON (Sept. 23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 ... Read more
Newsline

New Schools in Six States and Internationally Give Students Courses from VHS Learning

August 30, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Boston – Aug. 30, 2021 – VHS Learning, a nonprofit empowering schools with the industry’s best teacher-led online learning programs, ... Read more
Newsline

North Carolina State Board of Education Names i-Ready® as the Recommended Competency-Based Assessment for Summer Learning Programs

May 24, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Award-winning Diagnostic, which is already widely used across the state, provides educators with actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver ... Read more
Newsline

Tanjo AI Advances to Final Round in Pandemic Response Challenge

February 2, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Tanjo AI, an award-winning machine learning (ML) company based in North Carolina, has moved to the final round in the ... Read more
Newsline

Discovery Education Appoints Scott Kinney as Chief Executive Officer and Kelli Campbell as President

December 22, 2020 by ESchool News Staff
Discovery Education—the Charlotte, North Carolina based global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 ... Read more
District Management

How we turned around our new teacher retention

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 by James Montgomery
Turnaround Tuesdays feature examples of innovative solutions to problems, such as this district's SEL efforts.
Gaston County Schools, located in North Carolina, is the 10th-largest district in the state. We have a very diverse, economically challenged population in our school system, with roughly…
School Library Innovations

The New Librarian: How I created a makerspace

January 25, 2023March 20, 2018 by Todd Burleson
library
As an elementary educator for most of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with a variety of learners—from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students…
Educational Leadership

Why education needs strong advocates now more than ever

January 25, 2023April 14, 2017 by Charles Sosnik
education
Spring time is invigorating, especially in my home town of Gastonia, North Carolina. Gastonia is very southern; its roots are in the textile business, and in many ways,…
District Management

The benefits of adding video to teacher evaluations

February 29, 2016February 25, 2016 by Miriam Greenberg
video-evaluations
A Harvard researcher shares her national perspective on improving professional development and teacher evaluations.
IT Management

Inside the school that immerses students in Spanish — and technology

January 15, 2016January 15, 2016 by Scott Spencer
kids-technology
A Spanish immersion program makes full use of technology in the classroom
Best Practices for Chromebook Adoption

30,000 Chromebooks reach middle schoolers in N.C. district

December 31, 2015February 17, 2015 by By Andrew Dunn, The Charlotte Observer
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District Management

Teacher turnover in North Carolina significantly higher than previous year

December 10, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
More teachers left their posts last year—significantly more than the previous year, according to a report released yesterday, NC Policy Watch reports.

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