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Students got up in front of Mark Sprintz’s global issues class at Orange High School in Hillsborough last week and debated the merits of Ukraine joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).…

Perspective | It’s time we invest in education leaders
Having her own kindergarten class had been a dream in motion for almost eight years. Now it was a nightmare. Nobody expected trying to teach letters and numbers to thirty easily distracted kids over a monitor to go smoothly, but they expected at least a spirit of camaraderie — everyone in it together, making the best of a bad situation.…
The House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolina’s Future is holding a meeting at 5 pm at South Asheboro Middle School in Asheboro. Lawmakers will hear presentations and ask questions of local school leaders for the first hour, and will hear public comment for the second hour. You can register to speak here.
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