Ann Doss Helms
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WFAE
North Carolina is pumping millions into new types of summer school designed to introduce careers and get students ready for new settings.
Ann Doss Helms
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WFAE
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Union County school board members say the county's education budget is inadequate and the vote was based on flawed information. -
Michelle Kondrich for NPRAs a third pandemic school year draws to a close, new research offers the clearest accounting yet of the pandemic's academic toll.
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All historically Black colleges and universities in the UNC System have used federal COVID relief funds to offer free summer school to at least some students in recent years. -
North Carolina's top two education officials say summer meals will be disrupted and kids could go hungry starting July 1 if supports introduced during the pandemic aren't extended.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently released the tab for an outside lawyer to investigate former Superintendent Earnest Winston: $12,000.
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After a rough couple of years, we asked teachers to tell us how they are doing. Their answers were revealing.
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UNC Charlotte is launching a new research program that pairs academics with community leaders to study opportunities for upward mobility.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted Tuesday to send $442,000 worth of clear backpacks to a surplus auction. The interim superintendent says he doubts the warning labels that sparked concern indicate real danger.
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Experts say such an approach isn't a good idea. The strategy's opponents also include teachers groups and the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will vote Tuesday on selling 46,000 clear book bags, which the district spent $442,000 to buy, at a surplus property auction.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh recently walked out of a private meeting with the African-American Faith Alliance. Clashing accounts of that meeting reveal rifts over choosing a superintendent and educating Black kids.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' large high schools will hold graduation ceremonies Saturday through Thursday. Expect heavy traffic around the venues.
