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Schools remain closed indefinitely in western NC weeks after Hurricane Helene
Doors remain shuttered at many western North Carolina schools weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed the area.The Buncombe County School District updated parents Tuesday that there is no timetable to welcome students back into the classroom.UNC Researcher Dr. Cassandra Davis has concern for those kids, after studying two other major natural disasters in our state.A study looked to the 600,000 children impacted by Hurricane Matthew and 1.2 million impacted by Hurricane Florence, and what that meant for their education."It's awful that our children are having to experience such horrific instances," said Davis. "These 'One in 1,000 year floods' that are happening,...
Is this NC city really among the country’s best college towns? This report says so.
A popular tourist destination in North Carolina is among the best college towns in America, according to a new report. Preply, an online learning platform, ranked Asheville as the ninth best small college town in the nation. The city is home to UNC-Asheville, which has about 3,300 students. To rank each college town, Preply compared them across three categories: wallet friendliness, social environment and economic opportunity. Each category accounted for a third of the city’s overall ranking.
Local public schools are vital to community resilience
Local public schools are more than a collection of classrooms and hallways lined with lockers. Our public schools provide a space for connection, bringing people together through sports, arts and activities to build relationships across generations. In times of need, our public schools are a place of resources and support for all students and families in the community, regardless of […] The post Local public schools are vital to community resilience first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
Editorial: N.C. legislature must fund public schools' learning recovery programs
The following is the opinion of Capitol Broadcasting Company. Last January the state Department of Public Instruction reported North Carolina public school students – on average – were making academic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of the 2022-2023 school year, elementary school students showed improvements in reading, math and science.
Application fees waived for students in hurricane-affected counties Oct. 21-27
RALEIGH — University of North Carolina institutions will waive application fees for all students from 39 disaster-declared counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians during College Application Week, Oct. 21-27. College Application Week is a statewide initiative to encourage high school seniors to pursue higher education, and many colleges and universities in North Carolina waive their application fees during this period. For more information about application fee waivers and other resources for applying to college, see the NC Countdown to College website. ...
North Carolina Students Can Apply to Many Colleges for Free Oct. 21-27
As part of the College Foundation of North Carolina’s (CFNC) Countdown to College initiative, North Carolina students can submit college applications for free to many North Carolina colleges and universities next week, Oct. 21-27, as part of College Application Week. During the week, participating colleges will waive application fees for applicants who apply through CFNC. In […]
Letter: Morrow certainly is focused on policy — none of which will better education for kids
I read recently that the race for North Carolina state superintendent of public instruction is so close as to be virtually a tie. Contenders for the position are Maurice Green, a Democrat, and Michelle Morrow, a Republican. According to Education Week, this race is framed as being between “a person with experience teaching in and leading K-12 schools, and an outsider with a potentially new take on education policy.” It’s a race between a former Guilford County Schools’ superintendent and a home-schooling mother, whose children...
More than 4K cast early ballots on first day; 90 ECSU students 'March to the Polls'
More than 4,000 voters across the five-county area cast in-person ballots Thursday on the first day of early voting for the Nov. 5 general election. Combined with absentee mail-in ballots already returned, the vote count for the election in Pasquotank, Currituck, Chowan, Perquimans and Camden has surpassed 4,500. Statewide, counting both early votes and mail-in ballots, more than 428,299 votes had been cast in the election in North Carolina as...
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