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Ashe Post & Times
$10M grant expands App State model for teacher-directed professional learning
BOONE — Appalachian State University’s Office of Rural Promise (ORP) has secured a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to launch ETL SPARK (Empowering Teacher Learning: Strengthening Professional learning to Advance Reading Knowledge). App State will partner with school districts across North Carolina as part of the five-year research initiative to study how teacher-directed professional learning in middle grades literacy can elevate classroom instruction and empower educators. North Carolina has made major investments in elementary literacy, but ongoing, individualized professional development for middle grades literacy remains limited, leaving little room for autonomy or responsiveness to local contexts, explained Dr. James Beeler, executive director of the Office of Rural Promise. ETL SPARK aims to address these gaps by: Strengthening middle grades literacy instruction through teacher‑directed professional learningIncreasing relevance and autonomy in professional learningSupporting teacher retention by building confidence, competence and community The program builds on ORP’s recently completed Empowering Teacher Learning (ETL) model, a five-year, $12 million federally funded project launched in 2021 in middle schools across Western North Carolina. Focused on teacher-directed, competency-based professional learning, the ETL model demonstrated that this approach can strengthen instructional quality, create clearer pathways for educators to earn microcredentials and support teacher
takingthekids.com
This Small North Carolina College Just Took The No. 1 Spot In The Entire South
A college with an 11:1 student-faculty ratio just tied for the top spot among every regional college in the South. That’s the No. 1 slot in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report rankings, and it jumped three places to get there. The surprises keep stacking up. This campus...
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YoCo News
Catawba Ridge, Indian Land, York and Legion Collegiate Golfers Compete at 4A State
Catawba Ridge High School placed eighth as a team at the South Carolina High School League Class 4A girls golf state championship Oct. 26 and 27, while Catawba Ridge’s Brooke Mehlhouse and York’s Callie Lawton led area individuals with matching 156 totals that tied them for 12th, according to final results posted by the league....
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CMS Slows Down Bell-Time Overhaul After Parents Threaten to Pull Kids From Programs
Nations Ford Elementary School — School Named In Transportation Review. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is taking a step back from its proposal to shift school start and end times at several campuses after parents pushed back hard, warning that later dismissals could leave kids on buses for hours and even drive families out of their children's programs. The district says it is now doing a slower review to gather more information and weigh its options before moving forward with any changes.
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Tega Cay Sun
Fort Mill Holds No. 10 Spot in State Media Football Poll
Fort Mill High School is ranked No. 10 in Class 5A in the SC Prep Football Media Poll released Tuesday, Oct. 27, putting the Yellow Jackets among the top teams in the state’s largest classification. Fort Mill holds a 7 and 2 record and is the only Fort Mill School District team in the rankings....
YoCo News
York Preparatory Academy to become Workforce Center of Excellence
Rock Hill, S.C. – The South Carolina Public Charter School District (PCSD) and Superintendent Chris Neeley will officially designate York Preparatory Academy (YPA) as the state’s newest Workforce Center of Excellence (WCOE) during a special ceremony at the school on Thursday, October 29. The designation recognizes YPA’s commitment to ensuring all students graduate prepared for college,...
Rock Hill Herald
Clover schools picks a new superintendent. What to know about this former principal
The Clover School District named Rod Ruth as its new superintendent, completing a countywide turnover of top school officials and setting a course for a new educational era within the district . The school board finalized a contract with Ruth on Monday. Ruth will replace Sheila Quinn , who announced in August that she intended to retire. Ruth has been the district’s Chief Student Services and Secondary Education Officer the past three years. Ruth was principal at Clover High from 2015 to 2023. In that time the school was a finalist for the Palmetto’s Finest award and Ruth was named South Carolina Secondary Principal of the Year in 2022. “As a board, we were impressed with the caliber of the senior leadership team and knew that we had the opportunity to consider all options here in Clover School District before looking elsewhere,” said school board Chairman Rob Wallace. Hiring Ruth allowed the board to get insight beyond just what a candidate could present in one interview. “We have been able to watch him work over the past decade and know the type of proven leader he is each and every day,” Wallace said. Rod Ruth on the Clover School District
Charlotte Observer
Six years in: Has Chancellor Sharon Gaber changed how people see UNC Charlotte?
The conversation has turned to a seemingly trivial thing: wearing green on Wednesdays. In Sharon Gaber’s office at UNC Charlotte, her communications team is explaining how the chancellor has helped build pride in a university that still struggles to shake its old reputation as a commuter school. One example, they say, is “Wear Green Wednesday,” something Gaber started after arriving in 2020. Except, Gaber interrupts, she didn’t. “Well, I didn’t even start it, though,” she says. “Supposedly, it was before I got here, but nobody was doing it. I’m like, ‘What the heck?’ What the heck ?’” What she did was wear green herself, then ask colleagues why they weren’t. (A nudge from the chancellor carried some weight.) The point was to make people feel like they were part of something — and make sure other people noticed.