Public schools continue to face challenges stemming from the pandemic. Many schools opened in fall with teacher vacancies and students performing below grade level. To support school districts’ efforts in learning recovery, faculty members in the UNC School of Education are leading an effort to connect K-12 and higher education leaders and educators, university-based faculty and researchers, and state policymakers.
The North Carolina Practitioner Network is a new partnership between the UNC School of Education and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction with funding from NCDPI and the North Carolina Collaboratory. The network will bring together up to 16 of North Carolina’s public school districts and charter organizations with university faculty members from across the state to work together on evidence-based solutions to the most pressing problems districts and schools face right now...