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El Futuro offers hope and healing to Spanish speakers with mental health needs
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
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
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.…
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
POLL | N.C. residents grade Trump, Cooper on handling of pandemic, express concern about COVID-19 spread with return to school
A N.C. survey has found that 60 percent are “extremely worried” or “very worried” about the spread of COVID-19 among students, teachers and caregivers with the anticipated return to the classroom for students.... Read the rest
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NC IN THE NEWS | Virtual appointments and drive-through sessions: How college counselors are helping students complete the FAFSA
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Monthly Update on Higher Education Enrollment
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Interim Considerations for Testing for K-12 School Administrators and Public Health Officials
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A Landmark Ruling for Religious Schools
