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Why Wake students want safety and security improved in school bathrooms
9+ hour, 41+ min ago (372+ words) Wake County students want more monitoring of school bathrooms, more school resource officers and the installation of weapons detectors, according to a new district survey. Results of the school district’s student safety and security survey presented on Tuesday showed most…...
To build Carolina North, UNC must lay a dispute to rest with ‘The Philosophers’
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (797+ words) UNC-Chapel Hill is pouring millions of dollars into developing a satellite campus two miles north of campus, a 230-acre tract of land now dubbed Carolina North. But there are some old and unusual strings attached to the development, thanks to…...
2 Wake school board members not running for reelection. Here’s who is leaving.
2+ week, 4+ day ago (610+ words) The Wake County school board will lose its longest serving member and its most conservative member — paving the way for newcomers to take their seats. Board members Cheryl Caulfield and Chris Heagarty were not among the candidates who filed before…...
State budget has $185M to replace NC State’s Poe Hall. Work is underway on campus
2+ week, 6+ day ago (164+ words) NC State University is officially demolishing Poe Hall, a building that’s caused the school, and its community, both headaches and heartbreaks. The school’s board of trustees voted to move forward with the project Wednesday. The budget was passed by the…...
More NC students are applying for federal student aid. Growth is highest in US
3+ week, 18+ hour ago (522+ words) Hello reader! I’m Jane Winik Sartwell, and this is your higher education newsletter from The News & Observer. Welcome back to Higher Stakes. Today, we’ll look at how the new state budget affects disciplinary procedures at public universities; some interesting FAFSA…...
Emergency school repairs and a parasite outbreak: Monday's top Triangle stories
3+ week, 1+ day ago (234+ words) Here’s a rundown of what readers need to know. Teacher licensure overhaul: North Carolina’s newly signed state budget eliminates the Praxis Core test and minimum SAT/ACT requirements for entry into educator preparation programs, and drops the rule requiring beginning…...
Shielded records & stripped money. How NC’s new budget alters college discipline
3+ week, 2+ day ago (528+ words) Buried in North Carolina’s late state budget — now law under the governor’s signature — are two provisions that alter how students are disciplined at public colleges and universities. One prevents students convicted of assaulting an officer from receiving financial benefits from…...
NC superintendent looks to provide guidance to schools on new DEI ban
3+ week, 4+ day ago (257+ words) The state education agency hopes to issue guidance to school districts on how to implement the new state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies across North Carolina schools. “We are grappling with the law and are likely to try…...
Why Shaw University is launching a new AI degree — in its divinity school
3+ week, 5+ day ago (469+ words) Shaw University says the new doctoral degree in Artificial Intelligence and Moral Agency coming to its divinity school is the first program of its kind offered at any of the country’s HBCUs. The four-year program is aimed at church leaders,…...
Religious instruction, public schools and the NC budget: 5 things to know
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (522+ words) Republican state lawmakers have crammed multiple education policy changes into the state budget bill released Tuesday. The budget has the financial items such as pay raises for school employees and funding for schools. But it’s filled with other items, including…...