James Farrell
Education ReporterJames Farrell is WFAE's education reporter. Farrell has served as a reporter for several print publications in Buffalo, N.Y., and weekend anchor at WBFO Buffalo Toronto Public Media. Most recently he has served as a breaking news reporter for Forbes.
Farrell has an undergraduate degree from Boston College and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s School of Journalism.
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Parents and community volunteers have been seen standing at street corners near schools keeping watch for immigration enforcement while trying to offer a friendly face to students at drop off and dismissal. -
Several community members called on the district to do more to protect immigrant students amid the ongoing surge of Border Patrol presence in Charlotte. -
The latest estimates from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools show more than 30,000 students were absent Monday, the first school day since Border Patrol deployed in Charlotte. -
Tensions flared again Monday night in Union County as Union County Public School teachers continue to call on local leaders to make good on a $2,000 raise that was proposed earlier this year. -
As reports of U.S. Border Patrol activity continue across Charlotte, there have been anecdotal reports of absences at schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. -
Union County Public Schools celebrated becoming the highest-performing school district in North Carolina. Two months later, the district is embroiled in a bitter dispute over teacher pay. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is reassuring families after news reports that federal border patrol agents are coming to Charlotte. The district emphasized that no immigration enforcement activity has occurred on school property. -
An anonymous post encouraged teachers statewide to call out of work sick Friday and Monday to protest low school funding and the lack of a state budget, which has left teachers without raises even as state health insurance premiums rise. -
Six of nine seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education were up for grabs Tuesday. And the voters have spoken, choosing four new members. -
Thursday night, the school board approved the $1,000 supplement amid rumblings of teacher protests.
