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El Futuro offers hope and healing to Spanish speakers with mental health needs

by Rupen R. Fofaria | October 15, 2020

This year, Durham-based MDC chose nine organizations to join a program called “Learning for Equity: A Network of Solutions” — or LENS-NC.…

‘I felt like everyone had forgotten about us’ — One community college graduate discovered her life purpose from a childhood trauma

by Alli Lindenberg | October 15, 2020

Driving into Rockingham County, I am hit with an overwhelming sense of nostalgia. The bounty of trees, rolling fields, and country roads bring me back to my childhood.…

Perspective | Spotlighting a child care subsidy in plain sight

by Ferrel Guillory | October 16, 2020

Without the extra emphasis of boldface or italics, a new child care workforce study flips the conventional notion of “subsidy.”  In North Carolina, as elsewhere, the network of early childhood care and education not only receives public funding but also is in effect “subsidized” by its poorly paid staffs.…

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The Editor’s Notes

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Myrick, Granville County Schools; Dr. Theresa Perry, Cumberland County Schools; Dr. La’Rhonda Whiteside, Hickory City Schools; and Dr. Frank Creech, Greene County Schools for receiving the NCSSA Dr. Sam Houston Leadership Award. Here is more information.

Need to know

• NC IN THE NEWS | Virtual appointments and drive-through sessions: How college counselors are helping students complete the FAFSA

  The Washington Post | October 13, 2020

• Monthly Update on Higher Education Enrollment

  National Student Clearinghouse Research Center | October 15, 2020

• Interim Considerations for Testing for K-12 School Administrators and Public Health Officials

  CDC | October 13, 2020

• A Landmark Ruling for Religious Schools

  EducationNext | October 16, 2020

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