Education Session Homework–Required
Please explore the following links before joining the group in Greensboro.
- “North Carolina’s Early Learning Landscape”
- E(race)ing Inequities: The State of Racial Equity in North Carolina Public Schools
- “North Carolina’s Leaky Educational Pipeline and Pathways to 60% Postsecondary Attainment”
Education Session Resources–Recommended
The following links are resources recommended by session presenters, planning committee members, and past LNC speakers. 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. After the session be sure to check out the Education Session Presentations page for slides presented during session and additional resource recommendations from presenters and class members.
International Civil Rights Center and Museum Recommendations
- 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
BEST NC Resources
- BEST NC Facts and Figures
- BEST NC YouTube Channel
- TeachNC–Teacher Recruitment
- Advanced Teaching Roles–Creating teaching leadership opportunities that support developing teachers
- Transforming Principal Preparation–Nash County participates in the NELA version of this program
- BEST NC Video–The Difference Between Growth and Achievement
- Educational Attainment Slides from Brenda Berg
- Educational Achievement Slides from Brenda Berg
NC A&T State University Resources
- NC A&T State University Historical Statement
- “A&T Preeminence: Taking the Momentum to 2023”
- NC A&T State University Annual Report
Early Childhood Education
- NC Early Childhood Foundation
- “Shared Measures of Success to Put North Carolina’s Children on a Pathway to Grade-Level Reading”
- “Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Action Framework,” NC Early Childhood Foundation
- “The First 2000 Days” video
- NC Early Childhood Action Plan (NCDHHS)
Resources on the Leandro Case
- “Leandro Litigation”
- “How Should NC Education Change to Provide Equal Access? The Leandro Commission Hones Its Proposals”
- “Leandro Commission Close to Final Recommendations on Ensuring Sound, Basic Education”
- Leandro Fact Sheet from Brenda Berg
Additional Resource Suggestions
- Urban Institute Interactive Maps (mentioned during session by Brenda Berg)
- EdNC
- “Meet Dudley Flood, Champion of Desegregation in North Carolina,” WUNC
- MyFutureNC
- NC Association of County Commissioners Pathways Initiative: NC Counties Guiding Our Next Generation to a Brighter Future”
- “The Statisticks Lottery” video
- “The Opportunity Myth”
- “Today’s College Students Aren’t Who You Think They Are,” NPR
- “10 Questions to Understand School Funding in NC,” WUNC
- “What Public School Finance Officers Want You to Know About School Funding,” WUNC
- Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget
- AskNC: What Percentage of Lottery Money Goes to Education?
- “State Policy Paper Series: Strengthening Pathways Toward Postsecondary Success,” JFF
- “After Years of Academic Struggles, Durham Schools Celebrate New Success”
- “‘It Just Isn’t Working’: PISA Test Scores Cast Doubt on U.S. Education Efforts,” New York Times Article Dec. 3, 2019
