Emily Swartzlander Emily Swartzlander

Education Week: What If We Treated Public Education Like the Crisis It Is?

I’ve spent decades in education. I’ve been a classroom teacher, a policymaker, and the governor of North Carolina. I founded an education nonprofit focused on innovation and I’m currently chairing the National Assessment Governing Board for the second time since the pandemic started.

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Monica Barco Monica Barco

WRAL: Bev Perdue—Close North Carolina’s Digital Divide Now

Technology is no longer an extra but an essential, as fundamental as electricity or water for our schools, homes and businesses. As 1.1 million North Carolina K-12 students begin fully remote or blended learning as a result of COVID-19, it is time to invest in technology infrastructure to close the digital divide, stop COVID slide and encourage full economic recovery for our state.

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