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Jan 23, 2018

Guest Blog | Early Childhood Shapes Potential in Many Different Ways

For many parents, the start of their career as a parent advocate is when their child enters Kindergarten. They join the PTA, they sign up for the book fair and… 

Jan 22, 2018

Director’s Log | January 2018

Dear Friends: We’ve been tweeting and squawking at you. We’ve been reminding you on radio and TV and a series of podcasts. So we know you’ve been thinking about it.… 

Jan 9, 2018

Study Finds Diversity Boosts Innovation in U.S. Companies

A recent study finds taking steps to foster diversity makes a company more innovative, in terms of product innovations, patents created and citations on patents. 

Jan 9, 2018

Forbes Winners Credit IEI and Early Reading as Part of Business Success

These days, Patrick Mateer spends his time poring through business receipts and produce as the CEO of Seal The Seasons, a Chapel Hill-based company that stocks stores with local, farm-fresh… 

Dec 20, 2017

Thriving Rural Communities: Holiday Gifts for Underprivileged Children

Just a stone’s throw from the Faison Piggly Wiggly, there’s a man on a mission—his name’s Jabe Largen and he’s pastor of the Faison United Methodist Church in Faison, a… 

Dec 14, 2017

Future of the Emerging Issues Commons

Walking into the James B Hunt Jr. Library is more like walking into a very colorful spaceship than a library, a very cool, colorful spaceship—at least that’s what I thought as… 

Dec 11, 2017

Welcome Beth Hatcher and Paul Nolan!

IEI is excited to welcome two new staff members to the team! Beth Hatcher is our newest communications associate, and will be leading our social media outreach, and contributing her… 

Dec 8, 2017

Assessing Early Childhood Reading in Rural North Carolina

Yet another compelling reason to join us in February to learn more on designing, implementing and funding early childhood initiatives in your local communities… A recent report released by the… 

Nov 30, 2017

Rooted and Ready: Claiming North Carolina’s Rural Future

The Rural Center hosted their annual Rural Assembly on November 16-17, 2017 in Raleigh, NC. As someone who works with rural faith leaders, I was excited to attend and hear… 

Nov 30, 2017

The Director’s Log | November/December 2017

Look at you! You’re surviving what some people consider the most stressful few weeks of the year! And you’re doing it in style! You’ve wowed your friends with Thanksgiving facts…