No North Carolina teacher strike, despite calls for higher salaries, better working conditions
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Lawmakers consider bill to boost NC s literacy, add teacher assistants to every K-2 class Caitlyn Penter
Boosting North Carolina’s literacy rate: North Carolina lawmakers are working on a bill to give more help to some elementary school teachers.
Lawmakers are considering House Bill 420, which would put a teacher assistant in every kindergarten through second grade classroom in North Carolina and one in every three third grade classrooms.
Representative Brian Turner said the bill could help lagging reading numbers in North Carolina.
“I do know we have some room for improvement,” Turner said. © Provided by WLOS Asheville/Greenville Caption: Lawmakers consider bill to boost NC s literacy, add teacher assistants to every K-2 class
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Bridget Hurley, a fourth-grade student in Asheville, knows what she wants.
“I would like to go back to school,” she said. Her district, Buncombe County Schools, hasn’t had any in-person classes since Christmas, and Bridget misses her classmates.
“She learns better at school,” her mother, Cherylin Hurley, added. “They need to be in school. Safety has to be the first thing, but if grocery stores can open and other things can open, why not schools?”
At a press conference Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper agreed.
“We’ve learned much more about this virus, and now it’s time to get our children back into the classroom,” he said.