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Teacher education in the nation’s universities is “an industry of mediocrity,” says a new report that rates hundreds of programs and gives less than 10 percent at least three stars on a four-star scale. Among the North Carolina programs rated, only one made the report’s honor roll.

UTC Aerospace Systems has pledged $250,000 to Discovery Place’s $5 million campaign to create a center where teachers learn to strengthen students’ skills in science, math and engineering, officials announced Tuesday.

Legislators rejected a suggestion from elected state schools chief June Atkinson that the state exempt teachers from personal income taxes.

Studio 345 photography students have their self-portrait photographs and personal statements at the Levine Museum of the New South in response to, “I am the ‘We’ in ‘We the People.’ ” Their work will be on display through July 7.

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