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From Sparta to Brevard to Cullowhee, North Carolina is about 244 miles on a map. Sparta lies right off the Blue Ridge Parkway in the northwest part of the state, Brevard is southwest and sandwiched between state and national forests, and Cullowhee sits in the Appalachian Mountain range.…

School health centers: Greater access to care, less time out of class
When students at Apple Valley Middle School in Hendersonville feel sick during the school day, they don’t have to worry about whether someone can come pick them up to take them to a doctor.…

‘We found our inner calling.’ This Durham restaurant has served 5,000 student meals a week during COVID-19
This is part of a series featuring student voices. Read more articles written by high school and college student authors here.…

Perspective | The Freedom School way
It’s Tuesday at Harambee and the gym at the International School at Gregory is having trouble containing the chanting, clapping, and cheers.…
The N.C. State Board of Education is meeting today. Here is the agenda.
A few weeks ago we published a series on Latinx communities in North Carolina. Now, author Carol Bono has translated two of them into Spanish. Read them in both English and Spanish here.
Hace unas semanas publicamos una serie sobre las comunidades Latinx en Carolina del Norte. Ahora Carol Bono tradujo un par de artículos al español. Léelos aquí en el idioma que prefieras. Comunidad: Historias de fortaleza y perseverancia en Carolina del Norte and El detrás de escena de nuestro reportaje Latinx: Construyendo empatía y comprensión a través de nuestra humanidad compartida.
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