Session Workbook
Your Education session workbook can be found through the link below. Explore the workbook in advance and make sure you have it accessible throughout the Education session.
Class 32 Education Session Workbook TO COME
Content below is duplicated from the Class 31 homework and resource page as a place for the Class 32 planning committee to start. Links for both homework and resources can be added and dropped per committee recommendation. Designated materials can also be added to the session workbook. Content should be final by Friday, November 15.
Session Homework–Required
Please explore the following links before joining the December session.
Session Resources–Recommended
The following links are resources that were recommended by session presenters, planning committee members, and past LNC speakers prior to the December 2023 session. Unless noted otherwise these are not required, but exploring those that interest you will enrich your experience both during and after the December Education Session.
International Civil Rights Center and Museum Recommendations
- International Civil Rights Center and Museum
- International Civil Rights Center and Museum Concept Primer (required reading)
- Greensboro Sit-In from the History Channel
- Facing History and Ourselves
- “Eyes on the Prize: Then and Now”, PBS
- “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow,” PBS
- Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University
- “What Was Jim Crow,” Ferris State University
- Civil Rights Movement Veterans
- Civil Rights Movement Timeline from the History Channel
- “The Civil Rights Movement: 1919-1960s” from the National Humanities Center
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
Early Childhood Education
- NC DHHS Division of Child Development and Early Education
- Raise NC
- North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation
- NC Child Care Resources and Referral Council
- Family Forward NC
- NC Department of Commerce Economic Development Strategic Plan
K-12 Resources
- “Why There Is a State of Emergency for Public Education in North Carolina, What You Need to Know, and What We Are Hearing” (required reading)
- DRIVE Task Force Report and Recommendations and Action Plan
- Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity
- EdNC
- Public School Forum of North Carolina
- Tar Heel Teachers
- NC State Board of Education 2025 Strategic Plan
- Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education
- Thomas and Collier Research on Dual Language Field
- Positive Impacts of Dual Language Programs
- NC Public School Budget Highlights
- BEST NC Facts and Figures
- NC Department of Administration, Division of Non-Public Education
Homeschooling and Charter Schools
- North Carolinians for Home Education (NCHE)
- NCDOA Home Schooling Requirements and Recommendations
- NC Homeschool Info
- NC DPI Charter Schools
- NC DPI Common Charter School Questions
- National Alliance for Public Charter Schools–NC Charter Schools
Higher Education
- NC Independent Colleges and Universities
- NC Community Colleges
- UNC System
- Listening to the NC10
- The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, and America’s Chronic Skills Gap
NC A&T State University and HBCUs
- What Are HBCU Colleges? Facts About Historically Black Colleges And Universities
- What is an HBCU? A Look at North Carolina’s Historic Black Colleges & Universities
- States Should Fix Underfunding of Land-Grant HBCUs, Biden Administration Says
- NC A&T State University Points of Progress and Pride
- 1890 Land-Grant Universities: Background and Selected Issues
myFutureNC Resources
- myFutureNC Dashboard: County Data and Resources
- myFutureNC State Profile
- myFutureNC 4 Facts About NC’s Educational Attainment (required reading)
Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce
- The ROC
- NC Department of Public Instruction: Portrait of a Graduate
- NCcareers.org
- NC Department of Public Instruction: Career and Technical Education
- NC Career and Technical Education Course Management System
Latinx Education and Resources
- El Centro Hispano
- LatinxEd
- Train the East Initiative
- Lenoir Community College Centro Educativo Latino
- Lenoir County Public Schools Award-Winning Migrant Education Program
- UNC Chapel Hill Carolina Latinx Center
- UNC Wilmington Centro Hispano
- NC State University Juntos Program
- ECU Is Building a Hispanic Community
- Serving Our Students and Families in a Language They Understand
- A Talk to Teachers: School Through the Eyes of a Latina
- Hispanic Serving Institutions on the Rise in North Carolina
Indigenous Education in NC
Supporting Neurodivergent and Vulnerable Students
- LENS-NC Enters Its Third Year of Work, Focused on Learning and Acting Together to Improve Outcomes for Vulnerable Students
- LENS-NC Organization Projects
- Autism Society of North Carolina
- UNC TEACCH Autism Program
- Neurodiversity Empowerment Services
- Best Public Schools for Autism in North Carolina
- Gateway Education Center
- Understood.org
- Learning Heroes Cracking the Code Playbook for Educators, Service Providers & Advocates
- A Parents’ Guide to Special Education in North Carolina
- NC Chapter of International Dyslexia Association
- El Futuro
- The Reading League – NC
- The Hill Learning Center
- Hill Learning Center Community Education Series free events and video recordings
- Digital Handouts for Class 31 Education Session
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (2017). The State of Learning Disabilities: Understanding the 1 in 5.
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (2023). North Carolina Snapshot
- Hill Learning Center (2023). Types of Learning Disabilities
General Resource Suggestions
- Hunt-Lee Commission Final Report
- Holshouser Legislators Retreat Issue Brief
- Teach for America and Teach for America Eastern NC
Piedmont Triad Resources
Session Follow-Up Materials
For completion AFTER the Education Session LINKS TO COME
- Education Session Evaluation–Due December 20
- February HHS Session Attendance Survey–To be posted and due in early January
- Education Session Learning Team Calls: Prompts and Recording Form–Due January 24
- Hold your Learning Team calls and have your call recorder submit call notes (optional) through the form linked above by January 24
