“Our local public schools in Asheville and Buncombe County need to be at the front of the pack when it comes to best practices. Providing a new model of year-round schooling with more days of education and shorter breaks is a good place to start.”
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The Moshe Cohen laws: A Jew in Asheville
“There were also what I call the ‘Moshe Cohen laws,’ which were designed to marginalize members of the Jewish community and similarly minimize social interaction.”
Letter: Yank sugary drinks from schools, health facilities
“Health concerns in the news have been exposing one after another link to the increase of sugary beverages in the diet, adding to the obesity pandemic worldwide, not to mention the astronomical rise in diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s and nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases.”
Letter: Bucking the schools-as-a-business model
“We can try to buck this trend by investing in our city schools in ways that the state budgeting process cannot touch: volunteering time and donating money or resources.”
Schools adjust to serve the area’s multicultural society
Transitioning to a new language, country and culture can be extremely disruptive — particularly for children who are just beginning the process of learning to understand themselves and their heritage. To address the growing numbers of students from non-English-speaking households, the Asheville City and Buncombe County schools are each gradually developing a curriculum that gives […]