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• Buncombe County lags rest of NC in child vaccination rate

  AP: The Greenville Daily Reflector | March 22, 2015

• Opinion: Ending NC Teaching Fellows proves a short-sighted move

  The Kinston Free Press | March 22, 2015

• A wrong turn? Schools face driver's education funding uncertainty

  The Hickory Daily Record | March 23, 2015

• 2 CMS workers are finalists for national ‘janitor of the year’

  The Charlotte Observer | March 24, 2015

• Obama to announce $240M in new pledges for STEM education

  AP: The Fayetteville Observer | March 23, 2015

• More students head to college with mental illness

  Chicago Tribune/The News & Observer | March 23, 2015

• Getting the balance right

  The Washington Post | March 20, 2015

• Arne Duncan gives himself a ‘low grade’ on overhauling teacher prep

  The Washington Post | March 23, 2015

• Debate over test security vs. student privacy rages in the age of social media

  The Washington Post | March 24, 2015

• How Common Core serves white folks a sliver of the black experience

  The Hechinger Report | March 24, 2015

• Common Core tests will widen achievement gap — at first

  The Hechinger Report | March 24, 2015

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