Each year, Duke Service-Learning recognizes students, faculty and community partners with the Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Awards. Betsy Alden was a pioneer in service-learning, beginning her work at Duke during the 1980s. Read more about the legacy of Betsy Alden HERE.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has selected Duke TeachHouse for inclusion in its Promising Practices Clearinghouse, a resource for the state’s teachers, administrators, district personnel and other education advocates. Launched in 2015 and part of the Program in Education within the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke TeachHouse is a first-of-its-kind peer living…
Teacher housing is a concept with a long history in the Tar Heel State.
For many, a teacher s salary alone doesn t cut it in the current housing market.
An elementary school teacher in Asheville City Schools, Sandi Abernethy, 49, worked a series of part-time jobs outside the classroom - for a catering company, hotels, and a nanny service to help cover her four-figure monthly rent in the city. This extra employment evaporated when the pandemic hit, and Abernethy found herself in a financial bind.
Then in August, just as the school year was starting, she secured a unique living arrangement in the mountains: Abernethy is one of a small number of North Carolina educators whose districts provide them housing at below-market rates.