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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A student brought a weapon Thursday onto the campus of Julius Chambers High School. -
CMS plans to reopen Elbert Edwin Waddell High School as a comprehensive high school and open a new middle school on Stumptown Road — which will affect other schools’ attendance boundaries. -
The state Board of Education is considering nearly $800 million in funding requests for schools — not including teacher pay raises — ahead of next year’s budget cycle. -
The General Assembly will reconvene in November, and state education officials will ask lawmakers to help school districts pay for increasingly expensive diesel fuel for buses. -
The chimney swift is a gray bird with a penchant for brick masonry. Many of them like to spend their nights near old CMS buildings — creating an unexpected conservation battleground. -
Democrats won all three contested seats on the Cabarrus County school board Tuesday, reflecting the party's wins down the ballot in a historically Republican-dominated county. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools lottery opens today as the district prepares significant changes to its magnet system. -
Change is guaranteed on the Cabarrus County school board this year. Six candidates are running for three seats, and two of the three incumbents declined to seek reelection.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is weighing screen time limits in classrooms and will ask parents, teachers and students for their thoughts. The request comes after parents pushed for less tech in schools this year. -
Parents have objected to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ plan to shift bell schedules to compensate for bus driver shortages. The district is slowing down to gather information and weigh options.
