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Meet Lawrence Long, the Forsyth Tech student turned Jeopardy! champion
Adult learners often return to community colleges to make a career switch. For Lawrence Long, that was a switch from the dining and entertainment industry to health care – and more recently, Jeopardy!…
US Education Secretary holds NCCU up as example for supporting student mental health
North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a national model for building systemic support to address student mental health, according to the nation’s top education official.…
Perspective | A call to thwart a Great Resignation — and to reenvision public schools
The prolonged pandemic roiled the economy, nudged some into earlier-than-planned retirement, sent many in search of higher-paying jobs, and spawned the phrase Great Resignation.…
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Educators See Gaps in Kids’ Emotional Growth Due to Pandemic
Superintendent Bo Griffin realized the effects the pandemic had on students in his district this fall, when teachers led anxious 2nd graders to eat in a lunchroom with hundreds of their peers. ... Read the rest
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Pitt VISIONS: ‘If we just helped four or five students…’
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NC won’t show the sex of students on PowerSchool. It’s meant to help transgender kids
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Peer pressure is ending mask usage in schools
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Analysis: What Will $50B in COVID School Relief Funding Buy? How 3,000 Districts and Charters Nationwide Plan to Spend the Money
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LISTEN — Class Disrupted S3 E12: Is There A Teacher Exodus Or Not? Digging Into The Dispute
