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Students belong in class, so this school redesigned discipline to honor that
Angela Monell never forgot her first experiences in a classroom. Teaching at a private school for students with learning differences, she was blown away by the school’s approach to discipline.…

James Sprunt Community College creates a foundation for ‘future nurses of America’
When Phadra Murray graduated from Wallace-Rose Hill High School in 1998, she never planned to return to Duplin County. But when she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill four years later, Murray said she still hadn’t quite figured out her plans, so she returned home. …

Perspective | Racism is not a dirty word
Racism is not a dirty word. That was my mantra as I sat on stage, an invited panelist at this past month’s Best NC Innovation Lab.…
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PEPSC is meeting today at 9am. Here is the agenda.
The House Select Committee on Advancing Women in STEM is meeting today at 10am. Here is the agenda.
From our colleagues at Transcend:
Transcend is gearing up to recruit rural communities for our next Rural Schools Design Community (RSDC).
RSDC is an opportunity for rural school communities to partner with Transcend in a ten-month cohort program to engage their communities in reimagining their school models. Rural school teams will gain experience in centering student voices and leading a community-based design process to reimagine their school models and drive equitable results. They will also integrate insights from science of learning and development and have opportunities to learn from each other and innovative models nationwide. The Rural Schools Design Community will be free of cost to all participants.
This flier shares additional information about the opportunity. Interested school communities can register for an interactive Sparks workshop this fall to learn more, and they can check out Transcend’s previous work in rural communities in this video.
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The State of Higher Education Funding: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
The first of a three-part series on the historical disinvestment of HBCUs.... Read the rest
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50-State Comparison: K-12 School Safety
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Workforce crisis: Shortage of child care employees keeps parents from getting back to work
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How federal cash will help NC’s small farmers put local food on the school lunch table
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When your disability gets you sent home from school
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Immigration advocates call again for DACA renewal in Congress, as possible end looms
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America’s education report card shows we’re failing our most vulnerable students
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To Improve Students’ Mental Health, Schools Take a Team Approach