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Tired of seeing barriers disrupt mental health support for students, this district redesigned its process

by Rupen R. Fofaria | January 5, 2022

Lauren Cappola knew she was sounding repetitive, but she felt compelled to ask the same question of her colleagues everywhere she went across the state: How are you connecting children with the mental health services they need?…

In Edgecombe, early learning initiatives are thinking outside the classroom

by Liz Bell | January 5, 2022

There are plenty of reasons for a school district not to try new things on top of all the changes of the last two years of pandemic schooling.…

Perspective | A parent ‘knows when something is not right’

by DeVoshia Martin | January 5, 2022

Too often, the quote within the title is spoken by Black families searching for an answer for their children who are undiagnosed with autism.…

Perspective | School closures were too risky

by John Hood | January 5, 2022

When the news broke on January 3 that one of North Carolina’s largest school districts, Cumberland County, was considering a shift to virtual instruction in response to rising case counts of the Omicron variant, I felt my stomach lurch.…

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The Editor’s Notes

Need to know

• Around the Halls: One year since the January 6 insurrection

  Brookings | January 5, 2022

• NC reports more than 20,000 new COVID cases, continuing to set single-day record

  The News & Observer | January 5, 2022

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