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StateSuperintendentHighlightsGlobalEducationinLatestBlog
UnpackingStandardsForEnglishLanguageArtsUpdated
TitleIRewardSchoolsfor201415ontheWeb
AIGMapfor201415AlignsKeyContactswithStateBoardofEducationRegions
OfficeofCivilRightsFeaturesNewLookandResources
StudentsandParentsPageNewontheChildNutritionWebsite
FeaturedPublicationsatNCDPI

1.StateSuperintendentHighlightsGlobalEducationinLatestBlog
Inherlatestblogpost,StateSuperintendentJuneAtkinsonsharesastoryfromherchildhoodandhowaglobe
trottingteachertransformedherviewoftheworld.Toreadherdiscussionabouttheimportanceofglobal
education,andearlierblogposts,pleasevisithttp://www.ncpublicschools.org/statesuperintendent/blog/.

2.UnpackingStandardsForEnglishLanguageArtsUpdated
UpdatedUnpackingStandardsforallgradesforEnglishLanguageArtsarenowavailableat
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/commoncoretools/#unela.UnpackingStandardsaredocuments
foreducatorsthatdefinetheskillsstudentsmustmastertoaccomplishspecificgoals.Thedocumentslistthe
essentialstandardsforeachgradelevelandsubject,andprovidedetailedexamplesonhowtoteachastandard.

3.TitleIRewardSchoolsfor201415ontheWeb
ThelistofTitleIRewardSchoolsfor201415isnowavailableontheFederalProgramMonitoringwebsite
athttp://www.ncpublicschools.org/programmonitoring/esea/reward/.ThelistincludesRewardSchools
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andTop10Schools,andthemethodologyusedtoselecttheschools.

4.AIGMapfor201415AlignsKeyContactswithStateBoardofEducationRegions
AnewmapshowingcontactinformationforAcademicallyorIntellectuallyGifted(AIG)representativesinthe
eightStateBoardofEducationregionsisavailableathttp://www.ncpublicschools.org/academicservices/gifted/
leadership/.TheAIGprogramisalignedwithStateBoardofEducationregionsacrosstheNorthCarolinatobuild
localandregionalcapacityandcreatelearningcommunities.

5.OfficeofCivilRightsFeaturesNewLookandResources
TheOfficeofCivilRightswebsitehasbeenupdatedwithnewnavigationandinformationaboutCivilRightsData
Collection,webinars,contactlists,andmore.Toseewhatsnew,pleasevisithttp://www.ncpublicschools.
org/data/management/ocr/.

6.StudentsandParentsPageNewontheChildNutritionWebsite
TheChildNutritionsectionhasaddedanewpagetoitswebsitethathighlightsinformationandresourcesfor
studentsandparents.Takealookandseewhatscomingup,linkstorelatedwebsites,andmoreat
http://childnutrition.ncpublicschools.gov/parentsstudents.

7.FeaturedPublicationsatNCDPI
Toorder,pleasecall8006631250,orvisitPublicationsSalesonthewebathttp://www.ncpublicschools.
org/publications.

*WhatCanaSmallBirdBe?*
Whatdoyougetwhenyoubring24talentedteenagersandtheirteachersfromNorthCarolinapublicschools
acrossthestate,dropthemoffinanartmuseumforthreedays,andchallengethemtocreateabookthatwill
teachcharactereducationtoyoungchildren?TheanswerisWhatCanaSmallBirdBe?Thisbeautifully
illustratedbooktellsthestoryofalittleyellowbirdthatusescharactertraitssuchascourage,goodjudgment,
integrityandkindnesstolendahelpinghandtoanimalfriendsindistantlands.TheNCDPIsEnglishLanguage
ArtssectionandtheNorthCarolinaArtMuseumsponsoredthecreativeventureaspartoftheCharacter
EducationTeenResidencyProject.UndertheinspiredleadershipoftheartistMargueriteJayGignouxandwriter
SusieWilde,thestudentsandteachersmetinMarch2011.Together,theytransformedtheirideasintoimages
andwordsthattellthestoryofwhatitmeanstobeagoodperson.
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