What is was like to be raised in Atlanta in later 1940 through 1950s
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 1:55 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Late last month, Chief of School Nutrition Services for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Dr. Lynn Harvey appeared before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 5:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor McCrory has proclaimed September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting families throughout North Carolina battling cancer as well as the advances being made throughout the state in cancer research, prevention and treatment.
Published: Monday, August 31st, 2015 @ 7:15 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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When seventh-grade science teacher and East Carolina University alumnus Tim Hardison learned his fellow Martin County residents had the shortest life expectancy in the state, he wanted to know why. So he dug a little deeper and discovered his rural, economically challenged county also had...
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Gray skies and a day-long drizzle prompted a science lesson in teacher Jessica Pate's preschool classroom in the East Carolina University Nancy Darden Child Development Center.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 4:29 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) toured Patterson Farm in Rowan County to learn more about local agriculture’s involvement in school meals and visited Tuckaseegee Elementary School in Charlotte to receive input from students and administrators on school nutrition programs.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 9:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Most United States governors have completed their annual State of the State and inauguration speeches, which included the outlines of their education priorities. They covered many trending topics such as the Common Core, early childhood education, and Career Technical Education (CTE), the latter of
Published: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 10:11 am
By: Chris Downey
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Incoming kindergartners throughout eastern North Carolina will soon be better prepared for classroom learning thanks to a $1.3 million grant awarded to East Carolina University.
Published: Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 @ 11:22 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Late yesterday afternoon, alongside the families of four young children with leukemia, Governor Pat McCrory lit the Executive Mansion orange in celebration of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Published: Saturday, September 13th, 2014 @ 3:18 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Rhettec was diagnosed with T-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and has been fighting the illness since February 2014.
Published: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 @ 7:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Beaufort County Community College for the first time this fall will offer an online, eight-week course introductory course in its Early Childhood Education Program.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 3:54 pm
By: Judy Jennette
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Childhood hunger is a problem that affects almost every community in North Carolina. In 2013, over 806,000 low-income children received meals through the National School Lunch Program.
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 1:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City. Earlier this year, the North Carolina Institute of...
Published: Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today
Published: Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory has signed an executive order to re-establish the North Carolina Early Childhood Advisory Council (NCECAC), creating a comprehensive early childhood website in tandem with the order.
Published: Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 @ 11:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governments at all levels have injected themselves into the debate over childhood obesity, with everything from rules about school lunches to higher taxes on candy and soft drinks, even a proposed tax on large, sugary sodas in New York City.
Published: Friday, December 27th, 2013 @ 9:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you see obese children and don't wince at what it means for their physical and emotional health, you don't have a heart. But the Left believes you and I should feel much more than concern. The Left thinks you and I are responsible for these kids.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 3:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Institute of Medicine's Task Force on Early Childhood Obesity Prevention, which has spent the last two years brainstorming new policy ideas to decrease obesity in children, soon may go beyond school cafeterias and private child care facilities and take its programs right...
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 @ 3:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the most controversial issues in the past few years has been the growing role of the state in providing preschool opportunities to North Carolina children.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As childhood obesity rates continue to rise, the debate over the role of public schools in promoting healthy lifestyles has intensified. Public health advocates contend that schools can curb obesity by banning the sale of junk food and soda.
Published: Sunday, October 21st, 2012 @ 2:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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