Stacey McAdoo always knew that she was gifted. The 2019 Arkansas Teacher of the Year’s mother had been telling her so her whole life. But McAdoo’s talents were either ignored or overlooked by teachers in her Little Rock, Ark., schools. That changed in seventh grade when she was assigned to her first Black teacher, Mrs. Anderson. The year was 1988.
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NC State Board of Education
NC State Board of Education
The charter, which opened in 2018, has serious financial, management and academic problems.
Shortly before Thanksgiving, the families that entrust their children to Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School school in East Spencer, a small town of about 1,500 in Rowan County, were urged to “enjoy" their holiday break on the school’s Facebook page.
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