DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Durham elementary school teacher took her entire school on a field trip to a local university.
Turquoise Parker, a teacher at Lakewood Elementary and proud North Carolina Central University graduate took the school on a trip to visit her alma mater.
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She said it's important for students to have exposure to and knowledge of historically black colleges and universities.
"One group said 'We have to meet the basketball coach, and I saw him on the news, and he talk to us.' And they were just over the top. This means literacy is liberation. And I always say representation matters," Parker said. "Kids cannot be what they cannot see."
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Parker started out only taking her classes to visit NCCU, however, the option became available for the entire school this year.