NC Lawmakers Debate Math Standards, Phone Ban, Teacher Training

0:00North Carolina lawmakers are gearing up to talk math standards overhaul and a fresh study on kids glued to their phones in class before the big push. To ban them during school hours, the agenda highlights how students were hitting those screens way too much, sparking this renewed crackdown to keep focus sharp. Schools are hurting for teachers right now, with average pay sitting near the bottom nationwide and more folks jumping in without traditional. Legislators fund the key teacher training program each year, though it's less than districts one and groups like Best in Sea back at hard for boosting, careers and support. Research from North Carolina state points to real gains in student scores from the program, making it a smart play for retention as hiring wolves drag, on, local news, powered by AI. This is Durham News Today, I'm Cory with the story.