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The proposals come after the last round of state grant money for child care centers ended in March.
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UNC-Chapel Hill Media RelationsStudent government leaders at UNC-Chapel Hill are leading a national effort that calls for the Trump administration to back off from its attempts to control student activities and curricula on college campuses. The students are circulating a letter that accuses the White House of politicizing higher education, targeting international students and threatening funding at schools that do not end diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Adolfo Alvarez, student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, tells WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn why the group felt the need to launch this campaign. -
ncleg.govLocal measures making school board races partisan are among the many election-related bills being considered in the NC legislature.
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UNC Charlotte says six international students who recently had their visas revoked are no longer facing deportation. -
The case could transform public education in the United States. -
Demographic research projects the percentage of students going to traditional public schools in North Carolina will decline by 2030. -
The National Science Foundation has canceled hundreds of grants, and the National Endowment for the Humanities even more. The cancellation of grants bearing the scarlet letters of DEI has left students and universities reeling — but even the threat of cancellation has had consequences. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says it is working to finalize placements for families who registered for pre-K earlier this year by Wednesday after a delay. -
At issue is a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools. Specifically: What do parents have to prove in order to get that specialized help? -
On Thursday, three federal judges in Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C., said Trump's anti-DEI efforts were on shaky legal ground. -
The directives include new efforts to curtail DEI programs at colleges, and discipline guidance for public schools. -
More than 100 fifth graders from Charlotte’s Mallard Creek STEM Academy celebrated Earth Day on Tuesday by learning about the relationship between food and sustainability. -
The Department of Education says it will resume collections on May 5 and send wage garnishment notices "later this summer." Here's how to know — and what to do — if you'll be affected.
