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UNC athletics celebrated Pride month in social media post. Now, it's deleted.
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (370+ words) The Tar Heels are for everyone." That was the caption of a June 1 post from UNC-Chapel Hill's athletics X account, @goheels. The post featured a graphic of North Carolina with the university's signature argyle pattern running through its center " but…...
Meet the new principals for four of Wake County's biggest high schools
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (367+ words) Four of Wake County's biggest high schools will have new principals when students return this fall. On Tuesday, the Wake County school system announced new principals for Apex, Enloe, Millbrook and Panther Creek high schools. The new principals will start…...
More NC school districts going "rogue" to defy the calendar law. See which ones
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (962+ words) The number of North Carolina school districts defying the state's school calendar law is increasing with a record number choosing to begin the school year in early to mid-August. A News & Observer analysis of a new report being presented to…...
Some Wake schools have empty seats. Can they persuade families to come back?
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (697+ words) Aversboro Elementary's classroom trailers have transitioned into use as storage space. But the Garner school hopes to one day fill them again with students eager to learn. Aversboro is one of several under-enrolled schools in the Wake County school system....
Half of Durham Tech students report housing insecurity. Now watch this site
3+ week, 3+ day ago (446+ words) A quarter-mile from the heart of Durham Technical Community College, a new foundation is being poured for 124 future homes. Soon, at 902 S. Briggs Ave. , affordable apartments on the school-owned property will house students, their families and the broader Durham community. J. B. Buxton,…...
See what the NC Education campus will look like in downtown Raleigh
4+ week, 1+ day ago (45+ words) News & Observer The massive construction site in downtown Raleigh, taking up a city block, is taking shape as the new North Carolina Education Campus. See excerpts from a video presentation on the project....
NC teachers sound warning about their low pay in new survey. Will they leave?
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (352+ words) North Carolina teachers are trying to spread the message that they could leave the profession if they don't get enough of a pay raise from the state. Compensation and school funding were concerns that the state Department of Public Instruction…...
Watch a time lapse video of the NC teacher's march in Raleigh
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (61+ words) News & Observer By Ethan Hyman Protesters march through the streets of downtown Raleigh, N. C. during a march to support teachers and education in the state. The march was part of May Day protests across the country. The video shows a section…...
Is the spelling bee fair? Why Wake's best will miss the Scripps nationals
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (600+ words) Like all the state's top spellers, Holden Good studied word lists for five hours a day " eight on Saturdays. He won Wake County's bee, but slipped statewide by missing a word he knew: dysbarism " an obscure term relating to medical…...
St. Augustine's, Raleigh HBCU, files for bankruptcy & loses accreditation fight
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (694+ words) St. Augustine's University filed for bankruptcy Monday in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The university then announced Tuesday it is abandoning its efforts to remain accredited, and that its interim president would step down. After a years-long struggle to…...