8/30/2021
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Students find care and attention at Peacemakers’ Freedom School
At most schools, students may start their mornings in homeroom, but at the Freedom School at Peacemakers of Rocky Mount, it starts with a session of Harambee. It is a time to wake up students and get them excited to...
There’s nothing quite like that back-to-school feeling
“Having young people in the building, and seeing their faces, and hearing their chatter, and listening to young people laughing and giggling and talking on the playground, those are sounds we’ve not heard in a long time.” – Superintendent Bryan...
Perspective | Tar Heel Teachers at Home: Interview with Juliana Urtubey, national teacher of the year
Tar Heel Teachers at Home is a weekly interview series focused on engaging North Carolinians in conversations about education. Each week, a panel of educators interview a guest(s). In this episode, the Tar Heel Teachers chat with Juliana Urtubey (2021 National...
The Editor’s Notes
There is a meeting of the N.C. State Board of Education. Here is the agenda for Wednesday, and here is the agenda for Thursday. Student test performance results are being released.
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