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Lab schools for UNC System demonstrate significant gains Nov 6, 2024

Several lab schools established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to improve academic performance have demonstrated significant gains, according to a new report.

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2024 RCO Award Recipients

2024 Reich College of Education Award Recipients Named Jun 11, 2024

Nine faculty and staff members of Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education (RCOE), along with the Academy at Elkin, were recently honored with the 2024 RCOE awards.

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Eight from the RCOE Participate in the Education Policy Fellowship Program Nov 21, 2023

Eight faculty and staff in the Reich College of Education (RCOE) will be participating in the Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP): Dr. Ashley Carpenter, Dr. Shanan Fitts, Dr.

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Emma Hatfield-Sidden

Emma Hatfield-Sidden named principal of App State’s Academy at Elkin Apr 22, 2022

Appalachian State University has appointed alumna Emma Hatfield-Sidden ’08 ’19 as principal of its newest lab school, the 

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N.C.'s 7th lab school opens in Elkin this fall Feb 22, 2022

Education is taking new shape in North Carolina through laboratory schools

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North Carolina Humanities Council Grant Supports Digital Storytelling Community Project to Amplify Immigrant Voices Feb 8, 2022

Through a grant totaling $19,269 from the North Carolina Humanities Council, Dr. Shanan Fitts and Dr.

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Academy Student Teachers

Learning Together: Academy at Middle Fork Hosts Two Student Teachers Fall 2021 Dec 6, 2021

This past semester, the Academy at Middle Fork hosted two student teachers from Appalachian State University.

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Academy Author Visits

Four Award-Winning Children’s Authors and Illustrators Visit with the Academy Jun 11, 2021

Four award-winning children's authors, Kwame Alexander, Stacy McAnulty, Meg Medina, and Lauren Castillo, visited virtually with Appalachian State... Lab School News, Literacy Education

Allison Wright

Academy Hosts Social Work Intern Apr 13, 2021

Allison Wright, a graduate student in Appalachian State University’s Beaver College of Healt

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Welcome Back

Academy at Middle Fork opens classrooms most days, continues connections with university virtually Apr 6, 2021

With the option of in-person or virtual learning, most students at App State’s lab school have returned to classrooms four days a week.

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Kwame Alexander

Poet Snaps and Author Claps: Award-winning Author and Poet, Kwame Alexander, Reads and Collaborates with the Anderson Reading Clinic Literacy-Cast Apr 1, 2021

Derek Hernandez Evora, a fifth-grader at Appalachian State University’s Academy at Middle Fork began: “It’s time to get started!

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HPC Student Presentation to Academy

Lessons Learned Project: A Successful Collaboration Proves Beneficial for Students Mar 8, 2021

A recent collaboration between Appalachian State University’s Academy at Middle Fork and the Reich College of Education’s (RCOE) Depar

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Academy Principal Tasha Hall-Powell pictured with Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines

Academy at Middle Fork Selected as a 2021 Leadership Winston-Salem Action Learning Project Site Feb 18, 2021

The Appalachian State University Academy at Middle Fork has been selected as a 2021 Action Learning Project site by ... Lab School News