North Carolina’s A-F grading system has been used to evaluate NC public schools since the 2013-14 school year, but the system’s deeply flawed formula produces grades that completely fail to provide meaningful information about school quality. People usually expect grades to align well with what’s being graded. When a school is assigned an A through […]
This month the NC Child Fatality Task Force released its annual report documenting the trends in child fatalities and mental health needs of our children and making recommendations to improve their health, safety, and well-being. February also marks the release of Hopeful Future Campaign’s report America’s School Mental Health Report Card. Taken together, these reports highlight some clear steps NC should take […]
There’s a push for teachers to focus on student mental health – which is important – however, teacher mental health also needs to be addressed. One in twenty teachers report experiencing a mental health diagnosis lasting longer than a year. We can assume many more are suffering silently or undiagnosed, and that the numbers are on the […]
This past week was the 50th anniversary of Week of the Young Child—a tradition started in 1971 by NAEYC to recognize the importance of early learning, young children, their teachers, families, and communities. To celebrate, the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation and Firestarter Interactive are partnering with The Hunt Institute to make Starting At Zero: Reimagining […]
