‘You are kind of building the airplane as you fly it,’ says Dare County’s Health Director Sheila Davies of their local COVID vaccine drive.
Unfortunately, we don’t have scientific studies on any of this yet, so we really don’t know how to open schools safely during a pandemic.
With NC schools shuttered, COVID-19 touched off a debate about the lack of broadband infrastructure in some parts of the state and educational equality.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has exposed huge racial disparities in NC, Gov. Cooper says a new task force combating inequity is crucial.
If North Carolina is going to reopen public schools during a pandemic, state and federal officials have to take it seriously.
Their lives are upended by coronavirus. But the fabled ‘Greatest Generation’ paced the world after surviving pandemic and recession too.
“When positivity rates in a community rise above 3%, schools will likely have to close again.”
Advocates fear the consequences of stopping the count early could be devastating, particularly for low-income people, people of color, and immigrants.
The North Carolina Association of Educators is gauging interest to see how far teachers are willing to go to push back against draconian cuts to public education.
With federal lawmakers at odds over coronavirus relief in HEROES Act, NC Gov. Cooper says Congress must act quickly to help states and local governments.
