East Surry High School 2015 graduate Eric Trejo spoke at Summer Institute about grit, drive and the opportunities created through an education that included access to college welding classes.
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Graduate inspires crowd with life story, slam poetry
Shanita Jackson, 2015 graduate of Henderson County Early College, shares her story of challenges and success.
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Secretary of Education awards major federal grant

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan explains why NC New Schools was chosen to receive a $20 million grant to scale up efforts in rural schools.
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Using zSpace for education research
Rebecca Hite, a graduate research assistant at the Friday Institute, and Dr. Gina Childers from NC New Schools/Breakthrough Learning won the 2016 National Technology Leadership Initiative (NTLI) Fello…
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