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United Way invests community funds in Education, Income and Health. Considered the building blocks for a good life, these three areas are addressed…

With a high rate of working parents in Buncombe County, it would seem important to have a sound approach to finding good after-school care for our…

In a conversation with community volunteers about United Way’s focus on education, we heard the following comments: “Kids aren’t my best group to…

During a period of 24 months, United Way visited 42 different groups of Buncombe County residents and asked 326 people about their dreams for a good…

As technology advances continue to evolve, there are amazing new opportunities to teach and to learn in very different ways: Ways that could…

One of the first pieces of public education to come to the chopping block is teacher assistants.  Perhaps they seem like fluff to legislators and…

Vouchers, independent school districts, charter schools, magnet schools….are they all signs of our country’s abandonment of public education? Or a…

Every August I hear parents say “I will be so ready for school to start up!”  After weeks of trying to occupy, entertain, and monitor their children…