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NC needs to adopt best practices to measure teacher effectiveness

Our kids can’t afford not having a great teacher in every classroom. But as accountability goes up, so should our investment in the teachers and school leaders themselves.

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Durham mental health initiative strives to address treatment gaps

A new initiative called the Integrated Pediatric Mental Health Care Collaboration in Durham aims to identify gaps in mental health care delivery, strengthen coordination and collaboration among existing providers, train health care providers and educators.
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Promoting 'encore' careers key to NC's future success

Named for people who are dedicating their skills and energy to creating a positive impact in the second half of their careers, encore careerists have the potential to be very influential to our economy and communities.
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Why not start the year by minimizing your to-do list?

Before we start the year by adding to our mammoth to-do lists, Nick Petrie, a faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership, suggests that we actually subtract from them.
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N.C. needs to be a part of global conversation about entrepreneurship

Cities, states and countries that develop strong pipelines of entrepreneurial talent -- and help these innovators bring their ideas to scale through a highly collaborative, well networked support environment -- will gain an indisputable advantage.
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Plenty to learn from activist who saved Belview Mountain

There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Jay Erskine Leutze. And that’s probably fine with Leutze, a UNC Law graduate turned countercultural mountain man turned environmental activist.
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State needs long-term vision for education to fix economy

As our new governor and legislature comes into office, some significant challenges await. Yet there is an opportunity to start forging a legacy that can impact our state for generations to come. The state's transformation must start with teachers.
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Social media let those with rare diseases share their stories

Sarah Kucharski has put a local face on a rising trend: the power of personalized research combined with social media to rally sufferers of rare diseases. After discovering she has a rare disease called fibromuscular dysplasia, she decided to start a support group and become an advocate for raising...
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Early childhood programs have real economic benefits

Having children in quality programs increases worker productivity and decreases costly absenteeism. Research shows that children with access to high-quality early childhood programs earn higher test scores, are less likely to drop out or repeat a grade and are more likely to graduate from college...
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YES! nonprofit shows power of sharing knowledge

Youth Empowered Solutions advocates for policies at the local, state and national levels that produce healthy adolescents, focusing on the roots of social problems instead of their symptoms.
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Triangle Family Services remakes itself to meet challenges

The nonprofit is one of many organizations that are making tough choices as it deals with shrinking dollars and greater demand for its services.