Displaying items by tag: literacy
Holloway, David returning to Dobbins Heights Town Council
DOBBINS HEIGHTS — Tyré Holloway and Angeline David will retain their seats on the Town Council, based on the unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election.
Adult education a real need in Richmond, Scotland counties
HAMLET — National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is being observed this week Sept. 19-25 in order to raise awareness about the need for and value of adult education and family literacy.
UNCP School of Education selected as Literacy Innovation Leaders
PEMBROKE — The UNCP School of Education is among a select group of educator preparation programs in the UNC System chosen to serve as Literacy Innovation Leaders.
GOP lawmakers introduce measure to promote early literacy among N.C. public school students
RALEIGH — Republican legislators in the N.C. Senate are pushing forward a bill meant to improve literacy among North Carolina public school students by the third grade.
State to spend more money for iPads to aid literacy instruction
RALEIGH — More money and iPads are coming to K-3 classrooms to bolster literacy instruction, but critics question the methods used to improve reading scores.
Students score supplies at Rockingham Housing Authority's Back-to-School Bash
ROCKINGHAM — More than 200 kids got a head start with school supplies and had a little fun Friday.
UNC lab schools are changing the formula for education
RALEIGH — Poet Adrian Rice, in a thick Irish brogue, paints a scene in the imaginations of the third-graders who sit before him in Walkertown.
Senate Committee backs key education-reform bills
RALEIGH — Wednesday was a busy day for the Senate Education Committee, which approved six bills during its April 17 meeting. Three of them directly affect K-12 education.
