Amy Diaz | WFDD

More than a dozen people addressed the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board Tuesday night asking members to bring back the practice of praying at the start of meetings. The board began offering moments of silence instead back in May.

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction released school performance data the first week of September. The state saw a slight decrease in "D" and "F" school grades this year. But even in celebrating that trend, state education officials made a point to talk about the issues with how these grades are calculated. North Carolina uses two measures: 80% of a school’s grade is based on test scores, and 20% is based on how much growth students make. But for the last two years, NCDPI has been working to change that model.

Two Republicans and three Democrats are running for North Carolina superintendent — a role overseeing the state’s public education system.