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Ask the Expert: What Role Do Principals Play in Student Success? Assistant Professor Timothy Drake Says Effective Principals Help Students and Teachers Achieve
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Pursuing Success Through Education: Erica Shoulders-Royster ‘12MSA Named Franklin County Schools Principal of the Year
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Halifax County Principal of the Year Teicher L. Patterson ‘13MSA: ‘In Order to Change a School and Community, the Leadership Must be Visible and Active in Community Functions, Meetings, Celebrations and Even in Times of Struggle and Hardship’
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Aspiring Superintendents Train Under Former Statewide, National Educational Leaders Through College of Education’s Educational Leadership Doctoral Program
Five Questions with the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program Instructors
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Mike Casey ‘18MSA Named Pitt County Schools 2019-2020 Assistant Principal of the Year
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Edgecombe County Principal of the Year Lauren Lampron ‘14MSA, ‘19EDD: ‘I Hope My Work Serves as a Catalyst to Allow Education to Become an Equalizer in Our Society’
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$3.75M Grant Will Help Train New Cohorts of School Leaders Through Innovative Principal Preparation Program
![Since the 2017 publication of the U.S. News' Best Graduate School Rankings, the NC State College of Education has improved 28 spots in the rankings.](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/03/US-NEws-Ranking-Announcement-yearly-comparison-c-scaled.jpg)
U.S. News Ranks NC State College of Education #31 in Nation, 5 Programs in Specialty Categories
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