North Carolina New Schools

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Bringing business and education together in North Carolina

Shiny trinkets are shiny.

Hundreds of North Carolina leaders in business, government and education gathered at N.C. State University’s Emerging Issues Forum to consider the future of manufacturing in a state where traditional industries such as textiles, furniture and tobacco are now largely a thing of the past.

Their conclusion: North Carolina’s prospects for harnessing the kind of advanced ...

Student Voices: Value in Funding Early Colleges

Shiny trinkets are shiny.

I believe I was fortunate to have attended public schools during at time that education has been a priority in North Carolina. During my K-12 education, initiatives such as Smart Start, More at Four, class size reductions and the establishment of Gateways for promotion have reinforced to my classmates and me that education is important, and that our state ...

by Jennifer Smyth

High School Writing Centers: Building Better Writers, One Conference at a Time

Shiny trinkets are shiny.


At Hertford County Early College High School, we believe writing is one of the most imperative forms of communication. If we build better writers, we have better communicators. In our quest to build better communicators, we’ve opened a writing center this school year.

The Writing Center is a peer-to-peer tutoring center dedicated to providing help and assistance to students ...

by Kevin Smith

How do you eat an (early college) elephant?

Shiny trinkets are shiny.

How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time, right?

Well, the table and place settings are prepared and the meal is about to be served for Duplin County – and this elephant will feed every child in our county and generations to come. This elephant is huge, yet the perfect size for the feast.

This elephant’s name is District-Wide ...