01/11/2021
We love these remarks by North Carolina state board chair Eric Davis... Bravo to the board for reaffirming a commitment to #educationequity at the start of a new year and a new chief partnership.
“We remain determined to recreate our public school system to better serve all students and to make our state, especially our public school students, stronger and more resilient. During this time of great opportunity, we must work to clearly articulate the established vision of our public education system. And we will do so in partnership with Superintendent (Catherine) Truitt to ensure the established priorities are fulfilled given the executive, legislative, and judicial commitments to ensure a sound basic education for all.
“This transition provides us a unique opportunity to align budget priorities for the upcoming legislative session. Combined with the federal funding that our state and district will receive to address needs identified due to COVID, it’s essential that we not only address immediate needs, but that we also use this opportunity to make systemic, structural, and long-term improvements in every school across our state.
“We’re excited about the opportunities and challenges before us. Transition provides an opportunity to make needed change and to take a fresh, new perspective with increased vigor and innovation in our work. Throughout the various transitions of new staff, responding to COVID, creating new initiatives, we remain fully committed to the guiding principles established by this Board in our strategic plan. And while there remain differences of opinion, we choose to see those differences, like all of our differences, as a source of strength, and remain committed to patient, open, and transparent dialogue, to develop solutions for the benefit of every student we serve in North Carolina, grounded firmly in equity and whole child, knowing that working together we can do the hard work and achieve amazing results by remaining student-centered.”
Full recap of the meeting, and opening remarks here: https://www.ednc.org/2021-01-07-nc-state-board-education-social-studies-standards-update/
More on the North Carolina's equity work here: https://www.nasbe.org/state-boards-advance-equity-agendas-in-challenging-times/