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2020 Annual Report

2020 Annual Report

As a family foundation with over 90 years of history, we have never faced a confluence of events like we have in 2020.

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EdNC – ‘There are thousands of Mrs. Talberts’ – Hear from a parent, first-grader, and teacher experiencing distance learning for the first time.

EdNC – ‘There are thousands of Mrs. Talberts’ – Hear from a parent, first-grader, and teacher experiencing distance learning for the first time.

Nina Anderson is a first-grader in Charlotte. Due to recent school closures, Nina’s classroom looks very different than it did a few weeks ago. She and millions of other North Carolina students are learning from home. I interviewed Nina, her mom, and her teacher to learn more about what learning looks like right now.

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EdNC – In our quest to improve early reading in North Carolina, let’s remember the ‘Five W’s’

EdNC – In our quest to improve early reading in North Carolina, let’s remember the ‘Five W’s’

Growing up, one of my favorite shows was Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. For those who missed it, Nick News was a long-running news show for kids hosted by Peabody-award winning journalist Linda Ellerbee.

Early seasons of the show explored myriad topics framed by the “Five W’s” (Who?, What?, When?, Where?, Why?) and the occasional 6th, How?

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EdNC – Reading instruction needs to improve. Who will lead the charge, and how?

EdNC – Reading instruction needs to improve. Who will lead the charge, and how?

North Carolina is on a growing list of states that are studying Mississippi’s rising reading scores and discussing how to align reading instruction with the so-called science of reading. That much was clear on Thursday when The Belk Foundation held a “North Carolina and the Science of Reading” event at the Friday Institute.

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EdNC – How can NC recruit and retain effective teachers?

EdNC – How can NC recruit and retain effective teachers?

Cherelle Sanders is a multi-classroom leader at Martin Millennium Academy in Tarboro. In her first year in that role, she worked with four teachers. One was in her third year teaching, but the other three were all brand new.

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EdNC – Thinking about our teachers, thinking about our ‘difference makers’

EdNC – Thinking about our teachers, thinking about our ‘difference makers’

“There are more than 100,000 teachers in North Carolina. We know there are effective teachers in all our communities across the state,” says Johanna Anderson, the executive director of The Belk Foundation.

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The Charlotte Observer – In pursuit of equity, focus on teachers first

The Charlotte Observer – In pursuit of equity, focus on teachers first

“Raise our expectations!” That’s always been Julie Hill’s mantra as a teacher coach in CMS elementary schools. “We have to stop letting excuses get in our way, like language barriers or turbulent home lives. Put all that to the side and focus on what we can control in the classroom,” says Ms. Hill, part of the CMS Teacher Leader Pathway program that promotes highly effective teachers into coaching roles, often supporting beginning teachers.

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EdNC – What makes a great teacher?

EdNC – What makes a great teacher?

What makes a great teacher? It’s a question that parents, superintendents, principals, and even teachers themselves grapple with.

As we have traveled the state, we’ve noticed that there are a lot of ways people think about teachers. And, of course, everyone has a favorite.

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EdNC – EdTalk with Johanna Anderson: How to make sure every district has effective teachers

EdNC – EdTalk with Johanna Anderson: How to make sure every district has effective teachers

On this episode of EdTalk, host Alex Granados talks with Johanna Anderson, executive director of the Belk Foundation, about the foundation’s new funding priority aiming to make sure there is an equitable distribution of effective teachers in districts across North Carolina.

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EdNC – Belk Foundation announces new strategic issue: Equitable access to effective teachers

EdNC – Belk Foundation announces new strategic issue: Equitable access to effective teachers

Today, the Belk Foundation announced a new, five-year strategic focus on equitable access to effective teachers. In the announcement, the foundation cites research that students in high-poverty schools are half as likely to have access to a highly effective teacher as students in low poverty schools.

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