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Fordham Institute President Michael Petrilli says private-school vouchers are great, but North Carolina's latest plan gives too much public money to wealthy families.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board members are looking at year-round school or four-day weeks as options if the North Carolina General Assembly won't let the district start classes earlier in August. CMS leaders want to give first-semester exams before winter break.
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The adult contemporary star, who became a reluctant giant of smooth jazz in the 1980s, died on Sunday after a six-year battle with prostate cancer.
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The city said it will take about two months to complete the removal of the Confederate monument’s base.
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Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden said the state is not being reasonable. He said he’s willing to reopen the detention center if he can hire state staff from the juvenile detention center in Cabarrus County.
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For the first time in more than a decade, polling places throughout North Carolina will open Tuesday for a statewide primary runoff election.
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The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to divert millions of diversity, equity and inclusion funding to public safety and campus law enforcement.
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North Carolina public schools are becoming more segregated by race, even as the overall student population is becoming more racially diverse. This trend comes as students of color now make up the majority of public school students.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Republican Women are holding an event this week in SouthPark to raise awareness about human trafficking, featuring a speaker who has courted controversy — to put it mildly.
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Authorities have cleared out pro-Palestinian protest encampments at campuses around the country, including UNC Charlotte. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his "On My Mind" commentary, says the conflict is also about a college’s reasons for being.