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Education

NC lawmakers vote for more spectators at high school and college games, graduations

T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – High schools and colleges would be allowed to fill up their stands to half capacity during the coronavirus pandemic under a bill approved …
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Power struggle over North Carolina schools reopening continues

Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan and T. Keung Hui, News & Observer– As the North Carolina state legislature plans another veto override vote to mandate the state’s K-12 public school districts to …
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NC Senate to reconsider effort to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of school reopening bill

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, Education

WNCN — After falling just one vote short in their efforts Monday night to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a North Carolina back-to-classroom bill, Republicans in the Senate say …
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Wake County will increase in-person classes for students sooner than expected

4 years ago  •  Education, Triangle

T. Keung Hui, News & Observer –  Wake County Superintendent Cathy Moore says the school system will increase the amount of in-person instruction that students will receive in the coming …
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New test results show what many feared: NC students aren’t doing well during pandemic

4 years ago  •  Education, COVID-19

T. Keung Hui, News & Observer – The first round of statewide school test results from this school year are in, and they show that North Carolina students aren’t doing …
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Gov. Cooper vetoes NC schools reopening bill

Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn, News & Observer– North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that would have required the state’s K-12 public school districts to offer in-person learning again, …
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North Carolina women’s school to add health-oriented majors

4 years ago  •  Education

AP – A North Carolina women’s college says it plans to add health-oriented majors to its curriculum beginning in the fall. Salem College said in a news release on Wednesday …
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Summer school to counter COVID online learning OK’d by House

AP – All North Carolina school districts would be required to offer in-person summer school that targets children at risk of academic failure due to poor virtual learning during the …
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Board freezes tuition at UNC System schools for in-state students. But fees will rise.

4 years ago  •  Education

Kate Murphy , News & Observer – For the fifth straight year, tuition is frozen for North Carolina students looking to attend UNC System universities. The Board of Governors voted …
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Congressman Murphy reintroduces legislation to crack down on foreign spying at universities

4 years ago  •  Congress, Education

Sharon Johnson, WITN – Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03) first introduced legislation cracking down on foreign spying at colleges and universities last July. Then on Thursday, Murphy reintroduced the Intelligence on …
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