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What’s next on North Carolina’s literacy journey?

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Mary Derfel, assistant director of early literacy at North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Early Learning, recently heard Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen describe the dream that shaped his childhood. “As a kid,” Derfel recalled Hansen saying, “I knew...

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EdNC | September 2, 2015

Every summer, we get requests for this article Nation Hahn wrote back in 2015, which features Chef Bill Smith’s tomato sandwiches recipe. Enjoy.... Read the rest

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