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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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education extended Superintendent Crystal Hill’s contract and approved a raise Tuesday night. The raise is contingent on the General Assembly approving pay raises for teachers. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education officially welcomed four new members at its meeting Tuesday night. -
A student at Ardrey Kell High School is suing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education after the district initially claimed her painting of the school’s spirit rock amounted to vandalism. -
The Union County chapter of the NAACP says Union County Public Schools has failed to make good on an agreement to partner on several education initiatives. The school district denies this. -
A new task force has started work to redesign how the state measures school performance after years of criticism for the current system by education leaders. -
A committee that advises the state Board of Education on students’ non-academic needs has recommended the board back requiring a master’s degree for all school social workers in the state. -
The chair of North Carolina’s Board of Education, Eric Davis, criticized the recent Border Patrol surge in North Carolina as disruptive to schools. -
New statewide data shows there are 163,175 English Learners enrolled at North Carolina schools. That’s about 15,000 fewer than last year. -
While masked agents drove around Charlotte in unmarked SUVs, parents became a visible force of activism and volunteerism. -
Last week, students and educators shared stories of how schools across the district bore the weight of this past week’s immigration enforcement.
