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Kathleen “Katie” Elizabeth Blair, age 39, a resident of Rocky Mount, NC died Friday April 26, 2024 at her home.
Published: Friday, May 3rd, 2024 @ 7:00 am
By: Announcements
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Teen geniuses and word wizards just lost their competitive edge with the nation's most established college admissions exam.
Published: Sunday, March 27th, 2016 @ 9:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arthur "Art" Blair Reams, age 72, a resident of 121 Fairway Drive, Washington, NC, passed away peacefully at his home Monday, August 24, 2015.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 12:42 pm
By: Announcements
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For today's students ― tomorrow's earners ― communication skills are money in the job bank. Communication skills now outrank reading, math, teamwork, and even science proficiency as work force must-haves.
Published: Sunday, April 5th, 2015 @ 10:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Joining Vidant was like a homecoming, he said, referring to his training at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, now Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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For tired teens, it's a dream come true: Slapping the snooze button has lost its stigma. Once the luxury of the lazy loll-about, those extra minutes of morning ZZZ's are just what the doctor ordered. Alarmed by an "epidemic" of sleep-deprived adolescents, the nation's pediatricians are urging...
Published: Monday, October 6th, 2014 @ 8:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The tiny, blonde ball of energy peered out from the green drapes at her mother - who watched proudly from the bleachers - until her instructor, East Carolina University professor Boni Boswell, coaxed her back to the other waiting students.
Published: Friday, January 3rd, 2014 @ 10:43 pm
By: ECU News Services
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At a small medical practice in the Duplin County town of Wallace, one diagnosis tends to stand out."Diabetes is rampant in eastern North Carolina," said Dr. Mott Blair of Vidant Family Practice-Wallace. "Sometimes it seems like every patient you see has diabetes."
Published: Thursday, August 29th, 2013 @ 9:17 pm
By: ECU News Services
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On February 1, 1960, four African-American students of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University sat at a white-only lunch counter inside a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's store.
Published: Saturday, December 22nd, 2012 @ 2:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a truism in education that high standards fuel rigor. Expect more; get more -- or so the thinking goes. Such a view has spawned a years-long curricular "pushdown" requiring children to learn content and master skills once relegated to their older peers.
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012 @ 9:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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