{"id":133,"date":"2024-07-17T13:43:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/progressnc.org\/ncapri\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2024-07-22T19:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T19:28:01","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncapri.net\/index.php\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"133\" class=\"elementor elementor-133\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52283ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52283ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c72809 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c72809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/ncapri.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/the-importance-of-early-education\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/ncapri.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/children_in_classroom_raise_nc.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-626\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncapri.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/children_in_classroom_raise_nc.png 1020w, https:\/\/ncapri.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/children_in_classroom_raise_nc-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/ncapri.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/children_in_classroom_raise_nc-768x352.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ncapri.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/the-importance-of-early-education\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe importance of Early Education\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>North Carolina once ranked first in the nation in pre-kindergarten quality, but recently it\u2019s ranking has fallen to 27th out<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ncapri.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/the-importance-of-early-education\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The importance of Early Education\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-634 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ncapri.net\/index.php\/2022\/11\/10\/welcome-to-the-north-carolina-a-philip-randolph-institute\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" ><div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img 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