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1/20/2025

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Perspective | A public school love story

by Justin Parmenter |

Over the holidays, my family and I had the opportunity to spend a few days in St. Louis. This city was my home from eighth grade until just after college, and I hadn’t been there in nearly two decades.…

The Editor’s Notes

On January 20, 1840, North Carolina’s first public school opened in Rockingham County, according to the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Ten years ago, just after EdNC launched, the 175th anniversary was quite the big deal.

This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I hope you will dream big for the future of local public schools across North Carolina.

 

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Mebane Rash
Mebane Rash is the CEO and editor-in-chief of EducationNC.

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