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Like many rural counties, Vance County is not bustling with manufacturing jobs anymore.In fact, the largest employer in Vance County is the school…
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Rural communities across North Carolina have been working hard to re-build their economies and prepare a future workforce.In Vance County, the public…
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Western Vance High School near Henderson is not your traditional high school. It’s a “second chance” school for students who could not find success at…
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Rural counties across the state are not experiencing the economic recovery underway in the Triangle, Triad or in the Charlotte Mecklenburg region. The…
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վ is part of the American Graduate Project. It’s a public media initiative looking at education and the drop out crisis in North Carolina. It’s a big…
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In 2009, Governor Bev Perdue and the State Department of Public Instruction took over the Halifax School System in Northeastern North Carolina. At the…
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North Carolina’s high school graduation rate is inching up. For the first time last year, the state ranked better than the national average. But still,…
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Education officials in Halifax County are stepping up efforts to hold parents accountable for student attendance. The county court system will host…