UNC system leaders are considering ways to enroll more out of state students. For years, there's been an 18 percent cap in place for non-North Carolina residents. Some members of the board say loosening the cap will boost student quality and success.
06/13/2013 06:00 PM
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This week state lawmakers signed off on a bill that will change how Wake County school board members are elected. Senate Bill 325 redraws the lines for the nine member panel, but also turns two seats into regional posts elected by half the county.
Updated 06/13/2013 03:52 PM
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Tanglewood Elementary School and Rowland Norment Elementary School in Lumberton will loose their rising fourth-graders. The Robeson County School Board voted to move them next school year to Gilbert Carroll Middle School.
Updated 06/12/2013 09:22 PM
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board plans to offer a free breakfast to every CMS student. In Tuesday night's meeting, the board voted to approve a universal breakfast plan set to begin next school year. School leaders said too many students show up to school hungry and they say hungry kids can't learn.
06/11/2013 09:55 PM
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Now that school is out, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is ramping up its summer food service program to make sure no child goes hungry.
06/11/2013 12:07 PM
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As the school year came to an end, 129 teacher assistants were pink slipped in Cabarrus County due to possible cuts on the state level. The TAs say the pink slips were premature and uncalled for and dozens are pleading with school officials to reverse the decision.
06/11/2013 08:20 AM
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Thousands of high school students in Wake County are getting ready to end one chapter of their lives and begin another. This week, more than a dozen graduation ceremonies will take place in the area, many at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Updated 06/10/2013 02:23 PM
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Lt. Gov. Dan Forest raised questions about the current accountability method for 1.5 million students in the state's public schools system. Forest feels the assessment method standardizes learning and test taking. He said he's not convinced the common standards address the learning needs of each individual student and he does not think teachers should be forced to teach to a test.
Updated 06/05/2013 12:45 PM
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Wake County schools will not name its new superintendent Tuesday evening. The school board announced about an hour before its work session it is postponing the appointment. Board members conducted their final interviews with the three finalists this past Wednesday, one day after the public got to meet and question them at a public forum
Updated 06/05/2013 09:24 AM
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Montgomery County school officials say the policy is a way to deter doping and help athletes involved in drugs get into remediation. Montgomery County Schools will recommend a substance abuse program for students who test positive rather than expel or suspend them from school.
06/04/2013 10:06 AM
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In a 3-2 vote commissioners decided to put the issue on the May 2014 ballot instead of the November 2013 ballot, arguing there would be better voter turnout for countywide elections next primary season. The bond will ask voters to approve or reject a sales tax increase to finance a new $56 million high school.
06/04/2013 07:49 AM
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After months of searching, the road to finding a new superintendent for the Wake County public school system may soon come to an end. The school board is expected to announce its decision Tuesday night. The position has been vacant since Tom Tata was fired last fall.
06/04/2013 07:35 AM
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After more than 100 teacher assistants lost their jobs Friday in Cabarrus County, some veteran TAs started speaking out. The North Carolina Association of Teacher Assistants has been lobbying against the proposed cuts on the state level for months.
06/03/2013 08:56 PM
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Parents have a little more than a week to weigh in on a plan to extend the school year for their children. Officials say students at Allen Middle School and Parkview Elementary School need more time for learning. If approved, the longer school year would go into effect this fall.
Updated 06/03/2013 04:26 PM
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After a year of classroom time and homework assignments, students at Southeast Raleigh High School graduated Thursday. The graduation was held at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh. The ceremony begins the first of two weeks of graduations for Wake County.
05/31/2013 10:56 AM
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The Christe Greene Education Center will serve special-needs students in grade 9 through age 22. Greene was a guidance counselor at Ragsdale for 20 years, a teacher for nine and a state Board of Education member.
05/31/2013 08:27 AM
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Students in a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school pen pal program met for the first time Wednesday. The initiative was created to encourage and promote the importance of hand written letters.
05/29/2013 06:15 PM
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The Senate Education Committee will debate the so-called "Back to Basics'' bill Wednesday. The bill requires school boards to ensure all of their students can create readable cursive documents by the end of fifth grade and can show they've memorized multiplication tables.
05/29/2013 07:54 AM
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The public got its chance Tuesday evening to meet and interview the three finalists for Wake County superintendent. Approximately 80 people came out for the community forum, receiving the opportunity to submit written questions for the candidates.
Updated 05/29/2013 07:46 AM
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A proposal for the state to help some kids attend private schools has received its first vote of approval Tuesday. The Scholarship Opportunity Act would use state funds to provide a partial grant to families looking for non-public school education. However even after two hearings on the issue, there is a still a sharp divide about whether or not this would be beneficial for the state as a whole.
05/28/2013 08:57 PM
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