Posted on July 24, 2024

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Teacher retention. Student engagement and attendance. Providing professional development for educators to help them deliver effective literacy instruction. School readiness. Enhancing outcomes for students with disabilities. 

When public schools opened their doors to students for the 2023-24 school year last August, many districts faced – and they continue to face – a range of challenges stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.  

However, as the past school year got underway so did a unique partnership between the UNC School of Education and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) — the North Carolina Practitioner Network — which is working to help districts from across the state to address these kinds of lingering challenges through practice-informed research and evidenced-based solutions.

Read the story in the UNC School of Education News

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