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A federal appellate court has found Charlotte Catholic High School was within its rights to fire a teacher after school leaders learned he was planning to marry his same-sex partner. That overturns the lower court’s ruling.
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UNC-Chapel Hill's Students for Justice in Palestine is calling for faculty to withhold grades until the university lifts suspensions of student protestors.
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NC House Speaker Tim Moore says the legislature should add $300 million to the state's private school voucher program to address higher-than-expected demand for help paying tuition.
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North Carolina's charter school enrollment is booming, but nine of 12 schools approved to open this August have postponed because of trouble finding buildings and recruiting students.
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About 11.5% of North Carolina teachers left the profession last school year, including retirements. There were just over 6,000 teaching vacancies reported statewide, including classes without a fully licensed teacher.
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North Carolina notifies families that 13,500 students will get new Opportunity Scholarships in 2024, but roughly 40,000 make too much money under the new priority system.
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Forsyth Technical Community College is improving on-campus childcare for community college students.
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Bill Harrison, the newly named interim superintendent of the Alamance-Burlington School System, says the district will have to cut programs or positions amid its budget crisis.
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A state-funded pilot program is bringing high tech learning experiences to high school students in 17 school districts. School districts participating in the SparkNC program have set up labs where students can choose from a menu of short courses in topics like robotics, cybersecurity and software development.
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When North Carolina lawmakers voted for a dramatic expansion of private school vouchers, they added a small step toward accountability for the schools that get public money. But so far that demand is mostly creating concern and confusion.
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If their federal application is accepted, Durham Public Schools would provide free breakfast and lunch for all students, regardless of their family income or school, beginning next school year.Federal guidelines now allow more districts to apply for universal free meals, but it comes with trade-offs.
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North Carolina's voucher expansion makes all private school students eligible for public money to help pay tuition, starting in August. But about one-third of private schools don't take Opportunity Scholarships.