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School Boards and advocates urge legislature to invest in public schools
Boards of Education and advocates across North Carolina are using different strategies to urge the legislature to prioritize public schools. School boards from eight districts are calling on lawmakers to make meaningful investments in teacher pay and increase funding for public schools, according to a press release by the Office of the Governor, including: Bladen County Schools, Buncombe County Schools, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Gates County Schools, Jackson County Schools, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District, Wayne County Schools, and Wilson County Schools.…
Here’s how this Cumberland County Schools employee is connecting American Indian students to their heritage
This article was originally published on CityView. As a member of the Lumbee Tribe, North Carolina’s largest American Indian community, Candice Revels remembers how crucial it was to see students like her during her time as a student.…
Summer program connects youth to artistic opportunity and Lumbee heritage
Children filed into a gymnasium at the Pembroke Boys and Girls Club last week for a Youth Powwow to celebrate the end of a summer program designed to connect them with artistic expression and their own Lumbee cultural heritage. …
Perspective | Caring for a child shouldn’t cause financial catastrophe
I had a baby in 2021 and quickly learned how parenting and child care expenses add up. My husband and I had saved up for months to afford my unpaid maternity leave — I kept working even after my water broke because I was anxious about our financial situation.…
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The NC Chamber’s Education & Workforce Conference will be held on Aug. 29. Here is more information.
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