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Edgecombe’s Scholar Teachers program looks forward to first cohort of teachers coming home this fall

by Molly Urquhart and Cheyenne McNeill | March 23, 2022

The first cohort of Edgecombe County’s Scholar Teachers is completing their student teaching this spring and will be in classrooms next fall as first-year teachers, the culmination of an investment more than five years in the making.…

Brief | Lengthening the promise: A next step for North Carolina’s Career & College Promise Program

by Natasha Lipscomb | March 23, 2022

College Promise Programs are designed to ensure access to higher education, particularly to first-generation college students and those who may not be able to afford tuition costs.…

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