Strong local leadership key to innovation
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North Carolina has benefited immeasurably from forward-thinking state leaders who have helped transform its schools into places where powerful teaching and learning can foster success for students who may have otherwise failed. But an untold part of the story of those efforts is the critical leadership in local communities and school districts, where change would be impossible without the visionary thinking and often unpopular decisions by district leaders. For every innovative school in North Carolina -- where the interests of students truly do come first -- there's an innovative superintendent. We highlight three who are helping to bring important change to their schools and communities and, in turn, to the state as a whole: Maurice "Mo" Green in Guilford County, Peter Gorman in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Ray Spain in Warren County. Read more ...
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Career & College Promise aims at readiness
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 Governor Beverly Perdue announced her Career and College Promise (CCP) initiative during her State of the State address Feb. 14 with important implications for both early college high schools and new small schools operating under the Cooperative Innovative High Schools program.
CCP is an important step forward for North Carolina as our state moves to create a stronger workforce and to ensure that every young person graduates high school prepared for work and for continued education. Specifically, CCP will provide the option for every junior and senior to secure up to 30 hours of college credit while in high school if they meet certain criteria.
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Hillside New Tech hosts NC business leaders
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 Leaders of the N.C. Business Committee for Education got a close-up look at high school innovation during a visit last week to Durham's Hillside New Tech, which uses project-based learning to engage students in solving real-world problems.
Members of NCBCE's Board of Directors had a chance to see the links between the school's innovative approaches and North Carolina's evolving economy, where high skills are in demand like never before.
NCBCE Chairman Albert Eckel said that what he saw at Hillside New Tech was "obviously setting a new path for education in the state" and "was totally different than what we see in traditional schools -- which is a good thing."
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