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Stories: Youth Literacy

Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Momentum Building Across Triangle Communities

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Energy and excitement continues to build across the Triangle as communities join the NC Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. The campaign is part of a national initiative of more than 300 communities working to ensure more low-income children are reading at…
Stories: Youth Literacy

Many Barriers to Education for NC Children

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Education is supposed to be the great equalizer, the thing that can end generational poverty and change the trajectory of a person’s life. “We often think of equality,” said Laila Bell, director of research and data for NC Child, a…
Stories: Youth Literacy

Working to Ensure Kids Can Succeed

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For a man with a big heart, giving back in his community seems like a natural way to honor his daughter, Julia, who passed away suddenly in 2001. All of his families’ grantmaking is to be reminiscent of her, something…