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The Dr. Wesley Grant, Sr. Southside Center in Asheville is a public, green facility for children and their families to use as a nurturing, community space. The Center boasts a gym, theater, and greenhouse.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 10, October 2012,
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15448
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Ellerbe is a little village of approximately 700 people and is located in the sandhills of Richmond County. Ellerbe has the finest public school in the State and it is doing unusual work that brings educators from all over the country to study their method. It is a school of 1,044 pupils and 31 teachers and is part of the state school system, but it isn't ruled, controlled and disciplined by teachers: it is run by the students themselves.
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16674
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The Protocol School, founded by Rosemary Wyche, offers training and coaching in building a competitive advantage for leaders in business, nonprofits, education and government, providing them with new skills and strategies for success in a rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected world.
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18511
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Falling test scores of public school children prompted close scrutiny of teachers and their ability to teach core curriculum. Two state education boards, the State Board of Education and the Board of governors of The University of North Carolina, cooperatively drafted a new program called the Quality Assurance Program. This initiative focused on improving the state's certified teachers thereby raising the quality of education for public school students.
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18145
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What makes a town live? The answer to that question is complex. But researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, by applying a new teaching technique--dramatic play, have demonstrated that second-grade students can understand community interactions such as those based in a municipality. The children learned how a town operates by building their own town and acting out the occupations needed to keep the town running.
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29749
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The University of North Carolina Asheville recently opened the new STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) Studio. The building serves as a place of innovative collaboration for engineers and artists, and promotes integrated thinking.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 3, March 2017,
p34, por
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