>>“School’s out for the summer!” Remember when you used to wait for that final bell to ring on the last day? The exhilaration? The anticipation?...[Read More]
Tag Archives: teachers
>>“Did you know that more than 40 percent of Duke’s teaching faculty are not tenured professors?” “What if I were to tell you that I...[Read More]
>>By many measures the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act >>was a failure . Kids have been burned out by constant standardized testing; teachers have...[Read More]
>> My third grade teacher was terrible. I mean, she was really, really rotten. She once — and this is true — gave a class...[Read More]
>>Last time you went to work, did you visit a supply room for your pens and sticky notes, or did you buy them out of...[Read More]
>>A school district in Oklahoma recently produced and posted a >>powerful video about the state of teaching and the profound challenges that teachers face every...[Read More]
>>Last week was conference time at my kids’ school, and boy did those teachers look tired. They’ve just finished the first quarter of the year,...[Read More]
>>Years ago, I was in a horrible parent-teacher meeting. One of my students failed my class and wasn’t going to graduate. The mother wanted me...[Read More]
>>In just a few days, my first-born heads off to kindergarten. This is the kid whose nursery I obsessed over, whose first steps were anxiously...[Read More]
>>The first school bells on the traditional school calendar are scheduled to ring in less than a week, but administrators have no idea how much...[Read More]
On October 31, Women AdvaNCe will be hosting seven Halloween Safe Voting Sites.
Join us on the last day of early voting to cast your vote safely and keep your children entertained.
We will have folks on site that are trained in de-escalation tactics and will be also providing PPE and sanitizer. In addition we will have Halloween activities and treats for children.
We will be operating our sites from 8:00 am – 3:00 pm on Saturday, October 31st at the following locations:
- 122 Cross Street Red Springs NC
- 945 N Main Street Lexington NC
- 801 N Pine Street Lumberton NC
- 3309 Burlington Road Greensboro NC
- 1935 Jake Alexander Blvd Salisbury NC
- 622 Corregidor Street Mebane NC
- 2219 Senior Drive Charlotte NC