Rodney Pierce
Rodney D. Pierce is an educator, historian and writer in North Carolina. He was named the Most Outstanding Beginning Teacher of the Year in 2018 and recognized in 2019 as the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year. Pierce was the inaugural Teacher Fellow for the NC Equity Fellowship through the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED). He has appeared on MSNBC's The Reidout and the Tamron Hall Show on ABC to speak about the teaching of American history in public schools. His research on re-segregation in his native Halifax County was featured in The Washington Post. He has penned articles on the history of African Americans in the U.S. with Gibbs Smith Education.
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Professional achievements:
Educator, historian, and writer based in eastern North Carolina
Most Outstanding Beginning Teacher of the Year in his district in 2018
2019 North Carolina Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year
Inaugural Teacher Fellow for the NC Equity Fellowship through the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED)
Fellow of Carolina Public Humanities, the UNC-Chapel Hill Southern Oral History Program, and the NC Public School
Forum’s Education Policy Fellowship
Sought-after panelist on issues of racial equity in education
Appeared on MSNBC's The Reidout and ABC’s Tamron Hall Show about the teaching of American history in public schools
Conducted research on re-segregation in his native Halifax County that was featured in The Washington Post
Education consultant with the North Carolina Museum of History
Lone Black male K-12 teacher to work on the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s writing team for new Social Studies standards and unpacking documents
2020 Javits-Frasier Scholar through the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and served on the North Carolina
Association for the Gifted and Talented’s Talent Delayed/Talent Denied Advisory Committee
Served on the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies Executive Board and the Carolina Public Humanities Advisory Board
Successfully applied for four historical markers recognizing African American history in his county
Serves on the Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee and the National Advisory Council for the North Carolina Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Initiative
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