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How N.C. community colleges are addressing the enrollment decline in male students of color
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The Editor’s Notes
The State Board of Education will meet today at 10 am in the 7th floor Board Room of the Education Building in Downtown Raleigh at 301 N. Wilmington St. This is the first day of the Board’s monthly two-day meeting. You can see the agenda here. You can listen to the audio stream here.
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Want your child to receive better reading help in public school? It might cost $7,500
When Ann Civitareale’s father passed away in 2009, she little fathomed that she would spend thousands of her inheritance on medical and educational testing for her two sons. ... Read the rest
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‘We’re really underwater here’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II
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New transparency bills would for teachers to post instructional materials