REIDSVILLE – Things are different this year at Moss Street Partnership School – just ask the kids. In 2016, the NC General Assembly asked UNC institutions to establish “lab schools” at nearby low-performing K-12 schools. The idea was to improve student outcomes with state-of-the-art instruction, but also to give aspiring educators real-world experience in high-demand… READ MORE
Learn best by doing at Moss Street
REIDSVILLE – Everyone learns best by doing – so that’s what they do at Moss Street Partnership School. In the accompanying video, Christina O’Connor of UNC Greensboro’s School of Education describes how UNCG and the Moss Street Partnership School work together to find as many ways as possible for students to engage in experiences. O’Connor… READ MORE
Meeting students where they are at Moss Street
REIDSVILLE – One of the innovative approaches the Moss Street Partnership School uses is to ignore arbitrary distinctions of what grade a child is in. Over and over, school officials declare, “We meet students where they are.” “We don’t teach third grade here. We don’t teach kindergarten or first grade. We teach kids,” Christina O’Connor… READ MORE
Video: Dr. Jeff Cox – Electrical Line Worker Jobs
NC voters enforce balance of powers
RALEIGH – North Carolina voters demonstrated Tuesday that they want our governor to have a true voice in governing our state – they want to re-establish and preserve the balance of powers. By breaking Republicans’ veto-proof majorities in the state House and apparently the Senate as well, they broadened the conversation about the future of… READ MORE
Creating the next workforce at WSSU
WINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State University Chancellor Elwood Robinson isn’t shy about describing the role WSSU plays in the Piedmont Triad’s economy. “We really pride ourselves on being a regional institution, and by educating and creating the next workforce – that’s what we do here,” Robinson says in the accompanying video. Though one study calculated WSSU’s… READ MORE
Serving the community with WSSU health professionals
WINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State University is North Carolina’s top producer of bachelor’s degrees for African-Americans in nursing and health professions.1 In the accompanying video, WSSU Chancellor Elwood Robinson traces that to when the university – which started as a teachers’ college – launched its nursing school in the 1950s. “As a result of that, I… READ MORE
WSSU Student Success: ‘It’s OK to be different’
WINSTON-SALEM – Winston-Salem State University takes student support seriously. “It goes back to who we are as a university – I mean, we are family,” Dr. Stephanie Dance-Barnes, Interim Associate Provost, says in the accompanying video at WSSU’s Student Success Center.1 The Student Success Center is a one-stop shop where students can get academic help,… READ MORE
Video: Dr. Jeff Cox – Challenges of NC Community College Funding
Spellings: NC public universities ‘the lifeblood of the state’
CHAPEL HILL – Margaret Spellings gets higher education – she champions the education of a broader cross-section of North Carolinians. Regrettably, though, Spellings announced last week that she will leave next year as President of the University of North Carolina System. “North Carolina’s public universities are the lifeblood of the state,” she said as she… READ MORE
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