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38239
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Governor Roy Cooper’s agenda includes capitalizing on the recent economic upswing that complements what the governor defines as the state’s strengths: absence of unions, low tax rates, focus on education. His cited strengths include greater bipartisan support, helping to partially eradicate HB2, and supporting the increase of teacher salaries and per-pupil spending.
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Margaret Spelling is the new president of the University of North Carolina System. Spelling is facing a difficult job made more challenging by political divides and increasing tensions between fading rural communities and the fast-growing metro areas. Spelling is looking to bring a new perspective to the university system and is looking to evolve to meet the state’s rapid growth and increasingly diverse population. Spelling, her history, and the job ahead of her are detailed.
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Since 1953, the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association has brought students from across North Carolina together to learn more about North Carolina history in their area. More than 5,000 students participate in the program across 53 counties, making the North Carolina program the largest in the nation. Students learn about their community’s place in history, conduct research, and present what they discovered.
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As North Carolina State Parks turns 100, tourism has grown from 4.2 million visitors in 1972 to 15 million visitors in 2015. The state parks system includes 41 parks and covers 225,537 acres.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 80 Issue 2, March/April 2016,
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25524
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In a two-year study along North Carolina’s coast, the effects of sea-level rise and saltwater exposure on freshwater amphibians were investigated. Research findings show that the green tree frog has shown the ability to thrive in habitats of higher salinity than other frog species. These results are derived from the discovery of green tree frogs living and thriving in saltwater marshes of relatively high salinity.
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28538
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The work of Jessica Potter-Bowers, Lauren Brown, and their Two Sisters Farmstead School is detailed. The school provides natural science education in an academic outdoor classroom for children 3-18. The school teaches naturalist skills, encourages healthy eating practices, permaculture, and farmsteading practices.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 8, August 2016,
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22773
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For admission purposes, most higher education institutions require students to take standardized tests. Rural North Carolina students often do not have ready access to test preparation as urban students do. Since 2012, a program called ASPIRE--ACT Supplemental Preparation in Rural Education--has successfully prepared students for standardized testing at a fraction of the price.
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23065
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To increase enrollment, William Peace University and Belmont Abbey College cut their tuition prices in 2012 and 2013, respectively. This article discusses the means by which these institutions reduced tuition costs and the problems other North Carolina private colleges face with sharp enrollment declines and financial issues.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 1, January 2015,
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24753
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In the early twentieth century, life in North Carolina revolved around agriculture. Schools provided extracurricular activities for students who would spend their lives farming the land by creating corn clubs, tomato clubs, Future Farmers of America, and 4-H.
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Republican nominee John Tedesco will face fellow nominee Richard Alexander in November elections. The winner will run against incumbent Democrat June Atkinson for the position of state superintendent of public instruction. John Tedesco is a Wake County school board member and his opponent a special educator from Lancaster, S.C.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 26, June 2012,
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27765
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The Howard and Lillian Lee Scholars charter school is seeking fast-track approval to open in Chapel Hill. The school will focus on minority and low-income students and closing the achievement gap. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board opposes the opening of the charter school as it will lose funding, teacher positions, and special programs as a result. Additionally, board members are concerned about the quality of education the charter school would be able to provide and are planning to fight its creation.
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A Greensboro charter school is looking to open a new campus in Raleigh and has many residents concerned. The future Triad Math and Science Academy (TMSA) is reported to have ties to Fetullah Gulen, a Turkish imam. Parents and community members are concerned with the amount of international teachers the school employs and the ability of them to educate and look after their children, and the school’s links to Gulen and Islam. The US departments of education, labor, and the FBI have been examining links between similar schools and their ties to Gulen. The State Board of Education will begin discussions next week on whether to allow TMSA to open the school.
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Next week, the Wake County School Board will decide whether to cleanse the personnel record of former Enloe High School teacher Robert Escamilla. Escamilla was suspended, reprimanded and reassigned to another school after inviting Kamil Solomon to speak to students about his government persecution in Egypt. Instead, Solomon talked about the evil of Islam. Escamilla believes students need exposure to different views to receive an education, but hate speech and the persecution of religious groups has no place in the public school system.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 42, October 2007,
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28465
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Dismayed by the public schools, many parents are finding an alternative in home schooling. Statewide, the number of children homeschooled in North Carolina has tripled over the last four years. Home-schooling parents say their children are excelling in an atmosphere where they work at their own pace, receive individualized attention, and are free from the distractions and bad influences of public schools. The pros and cons of homeschooling are discussed, along with stories from Triangle area parents who are homeschooling their children.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 33, August 1995,
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24470
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A Stanley County academy, called Yadkin Mineral Springs Academy, was led by Edgar Freeman Eddins and known for its high standards and the fact that most of its graduates went to college and achieved positions of prominence in North Carolina and elsewhere.
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