Education

Laura Leslie and Maggie Brown, WRAL — The majority of child injury deaths in North Carolina last year were due to gunfire, officials said on Monday. Child deaths associated with firearms …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Republican lawmakers voted Wednesday to limit how race and racism can be discussed in North Carolina classrooms, sending a controversial bill to the governor on a …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Wake County school board elections would get reshuffled under legislation moving at the statehouse, staggering things so the whole board isn’t up for re-election at once. It …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — Some North Carolina teachers and their allies say the state has a shortage of teachers in every core area, and they’re calling on lawmakers to boost …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — State House lawmakers are proposing a raft of major policy changes for education in their budget proposal, including a new graduation requirement and a break …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL — State lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a bill requiring written parental permission before minors can be given vaccines authorized under emergency use by the …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Gov. Roy Cooper spoke twice to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones during the saga that culminated earlier this month with her decision not to join the …
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Travis Fain, WRAL — Look for the North Carolina Senate to take up legislation soon targeting “critical race theory,” the chamber’s top leader said this week, as senators wrapped up …
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Travis Fain, WRAL – North Carolina Republicans pushed a measure through the state House on Wednesday that would limit “critical race theory” and other discussions of America’s racist past in …
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Laura Leslie, WRAL – State lawmakers are looking to expand the Opportunity Scholarships voucher program that provides financial help to parents who want to send their children to private or …
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