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Schools going online stopped everyone in their tracks.
Published: Monday, December 28th, 2020 @ 5:56 pm
By: Jessica Fender
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The COVID-19 crisis, with all of its complexities, is revealing simplicities about education and life.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 8:50 am
By: Lindalyn Kakadelis
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CBD is a booming industry with a lot of people discussing it, and many brands starting in the industry. But how do you know the CBD product is safe and effective?
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 @ 9:12 am
By: Old Sparta Inc.
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As CBD products continue to grow in popularity and use, there is often still confusion when it comes to differentiating hemp and marijuana. Both hemp and marijuana are terms that have been coined to differentiate two varieties of the Cannabis sativa plant species
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 4:56 am
By: Old Sparta Inc.
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Planning the school budget efficiently is one of the most crucial things that a headteacher can do, it makes such a difference to the school and, thus, the students.
Published: Saturday, August 17th, 2019 @ 9:02 am
By: Daniela McVicker
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Tom Campbell's opinion piece, "We are re-segregating our schools," blames charter schools for "re-segregating" district schools. Using the term segregation, associated with the Jim Crow era ending 65 years ago, is intentional.
Published: Friday, August 9th, 2019 @ 5:30 am
By: Lindalyn Kakadelis
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This is the third of a three-part series examining the issue of school supplies.
Published: Sunday, September 30th, 2018 @ 5:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Education is a labor-intensive industry, and our public schools provide outstanding employment opportunities for a wide range of workers
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2018 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax Cuts are leading to a strong economy for years to come
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 12:19 am
By: Scott Crosbie
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The econometric issue in question was a focus of mine in graduate school and as a faculty member at Columbia. It is the issue of how to generate causal estimates of the effect of policy changes.
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2018 @ 6:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since National School Choice Week began in 2011, North Carolina has become a leader in expanding educational opportunities
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 @ 12:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The UNC Board of Governors have awarded Dr. Gregory Chadwick, dean of East Carolina University's School of Dental Medicine, with the 2017 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service
Published: Sunday, November 5th, 2017 @ 8:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The leaders of the North Carolina public education systems, including the President of the University of North Carolina, the Acting President of the North Carolina Community College System, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, have partnered to create My Future NC
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 12:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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UNC President Margaret Spellings announced the University of North Carolina's Research Opportunities Initiative (UNC ROI) will provide three new grants worth a total of $6.2 million to teams from six universities in the UNC system
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2017 @ 4:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Students will soon be able to apply for the Cheatham-White Scholarship, a newly established merit-based scholarship program for incoming freshmen attending North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University or North Carolina Central University beginning in the fall of 2018
Published: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 @ 3:50 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Please take notice that Ralph Strayhorn, Chair of the Golden LEAF Investment Committee, has called a special meeting of the Investment Committee for Monday, August 21, 2017, at 2 p.m.
Published: Friday, August 18th, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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UNC system president Margaret Spellings released a statement following today's meeting of the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2017 @ 10:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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UNC system president Margaret Spellings announced Thursday that four recent UNC system graduates will serve as Presidential Scholars for the 2017-18 academic year
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2017 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation, which assists tobacco-dependent, economically distressed and rural communities across North Carolina, will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the Kimpton Cardinal Hotel in the Lexington Conference Room in Winston-Salem
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2017 @ 3:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Johnson O. Akinleye, who has served as interim chancellor of North Carolina Central University since January 2017, has been elected to the position on a permanent basis by the Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina
Published: Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 @ 9:04 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill was introduced in the state legislature to shift control of the state’s apprenticeship program from the Department of Commerce to the community college system
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2017 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A common theme unifying recent debates about tax reform in North Carolina and in Washington is the idea that the punitive tax treatment of business investment is a bad idea
Published: Friday, April 21st, 2017 @ 1:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that the state has accepted offers totaling $12.6 million for three properties as part of his Project Phoenix initiative to return underutilized state properties to more productive and efficient use
Published: Saturday, November 19th, 2016 @ 1:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory announced a new agreement signed today between the North Carolina Industrial Commission and the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) that focuses on protecting the rights of workers and lawful businesses
Published: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 @ 2:01 am
By: McCrory Communications
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North Carolina's unemployment rate decreased below the national average to 4.7 percent in July
Published: Friday, August 19th, 2016 @ 9:26 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Today success requires possessing a skill set that is in demand.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2015 @ 2:55 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent. That represents a 1.2 point drop from October 2013 and is 2.5 points lower than January 2013 when the governor entered office.
Published: Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 @ 10:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I'll be the first to admit that I use Facebook to promote BCN's posts. That is one of the duties that online publishers do. I also meta-tag, often and well in many nooks and crannies to push BCN's post higher in Search. It is the least I can do for my contributors.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2014 @ 2:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory and N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Highland Industries is expanding its North Carolina manufacturing operations in Iredell County. The company plans to create 29 jobs and invest $8.25 million over the next three years in Statesville.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 10:11 am
By: Christopher Maye
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With April 15 behind us, North Carolina taxpayers can look forward to a new era, because 2013 will be the final year of the state’s “progressive” income tax.
Published: Sunday, May 18th, 2014 @ 6:27 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement concerning North Carolina’s November unemployment rate drop to 7.4 percent- the lowest rate in more than five years.
Published: Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 @ 2:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an effort to contain costs, and remain economically viable, in the fluid phosphate ore market that is worldwide and truly in a state of economic flux, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan is giving the 'pink slip' to about 1000 employees spread across their entire corporate footprint.
Published: Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 @ 1:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Disgraced Standard & Poor's claims that $24 Billion was lost to the economy in the government shut-down. But they are wrong.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2013 @ 9:14 am
By: Jeremy D. Adams
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