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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools celebrated 18 finalists for teacher and assistant of the year at this week's Gem Awards.
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Michele Morrow 4 NC/Campaign websiteIt’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. We are looking at three separate claims related to school safety that Michele Morrow made during a recent event in Cary. -
Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty ImagesStudents say they suffered broken bones, concussions and other injuries from allegedly aggressive police action breaking up pro-Palestinian protests last week.
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Police arrested more than two dozen protesters who refused to leave an encampment. The group call themselves the UNC-Chapel Hill Gaza Solidarity Encampment and are calling for an end to the war in Gaza. -
A summit held over the weekend in Charlotte focused on supporting and uplifting teachers of color. The event provided an opportunity for educators to exchange ideas, network and learn about different teaching methods. -
A steady stream of officers entered through a second story window using an NYPD armored vehicle with a mechanized drawbridge. -
Protests continued Monday at an encampment at UNC Chapel Hill, as students called for the university to divest from investments that support Israel. -
About 2,300 more North Carolina families were just notified their kids will get private-school vouchers for 2024. But about 56,000 could be denied Opportunity Scholarships unless the General Assembly approves more money. -
Members of the Washington, D.C., school Arab students club say their rights were violated "because the school does not want their viewpoint ... to be heard." -
Photojournalists at NPR member stations have been documenting the demonstrations around the country this week. -
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Marsicano of Davidson College in North Carolina about how higher education institutions might go about divesting from Israeli interests, as demanded by protesters. -
Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR archives to find some of our favorite arboreal fiction, nonfiction, and kids' lit — get ready to branch out. -
Hundreds of students have been arrested. Columbia says progress was made in negotiations with protesters, while at GWU, students are flouting orders to clear encampments.
