Gov. Roy Cooper adjusted the state’s recommendations on masking in K-12 schools on Thursday, July 29. He said the new guidance now aligns with that recently issued from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which says that all students and staff in K-12 schools should wear masks whether they’re vaccinated or not.…
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Meet Bobbie Jones.
He's the principal of C.S. Brown, North Carolina's first standalone high school for Black students.
And he's mayor of Princeville, the first town in America incorporated by freed people of color.
Here's how he became a leader: https://www.ednc.org/hertford-history-bobbie-jones-leader-two-historic-black-communities/
"It’s working and providing access to that group of students who weren’t qualifying in any other way for financial assistance ... This has been a catalyst to get them to apply and to see what aid is available to them." @southwesterncc @ForsythTechCC
Colleges offering free tuition this fall are seeing a jump in applications
Several NC community colleges offering free tuition for new and returning students have seen a jump in applications for fall 2021.
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Rural churches became the setting for @DukeEndowment's summer literacy efforts over eight years ago. How has the program grown and what does it look like now?
Summer literacy efforts find home in church - EducationNC
How can a church serve as a summer literacy camp for at-risk students? These United Methodist churches have figured out a way.
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