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Education

N.C. bill mandating K-12 school reopening OK’d by House

Bryan Anderson, AP – North Carolina House lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill to compel K-12 school districts to offer at least partial in-person instruction to the state’s 1.5 million …
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CMS moves ahead with scheduled reopening date. Youngest students to return on Monday.

4 years ago  •  Charlotte Region, Education

Annie Ma, Charlotte Observer – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will stick with its plans and have students return to the classroom in rotations beginning Monday, after the board decided to keep the …
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NC education board approves new social studies rules

4 years ago  •  Education, Statewide

AP — The Democratic majority of North Carolina’s Board of Education has voted to adopt new K-12 social studies standards that would have teachers discuss racism, discrimination and the perspectives …
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Assistant principal at local elementary school charged with child sex crime

4 years ago  •  Charlotte Region, Crime, Education

An assistant principal at a local elementary school has been arrested and accused of committing a child sex crime. Shaun Michael Bock, of Mooresville, has been charged by the Mooresville …
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NC lawmakers pass COVID relief, advance K-12 reopening bill

4 years ago  •  NC General Assembly, Education, COVID-19

Bryan Anderson, AP — North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a coronavirus relief bill that sends federal money approved by Congress in December to schools for reopening, public health …
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School districts and educators react to Gov. Roy Cooper’s push to offer in-person learning

4 years ago  •  Governor, Education

Justin Shrair, WXII – School districts and educators are reacting, just hours after Gov. Roy Cooper, and state education officials pushed for all school districts in the state to offer …
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Wake County school board votes for a return to in-person learning

4 years ago  •  Education, Triangle

Maggie Newland, WNCN CBS 17 — Students in Wake County are set to go back to the classroom after the county’s school board approved a proposal for a return to …
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Parents rally in downtown Raleigh with one message: reopen the state’s public schools

4 years ago  •  Education, COVID-19

Aaron Thomas, WRAL – Hundreds of parents spent the day rallying in front of the Governor’s Mansion with one message in mind: reopen the state’s public schools. The protestors spent …
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CMS to allow many HS sports, other extracurricular activities to resume

4 years ago  •  Charlotte Region, Education

WSOCTV — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will soon allow in-season high school sports and other extracurricular activities to resume. CMS announced on Wednesday that it is revising participation plans for in-season high …
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‘Inclusive’ or ‘divisive’? NC’s proposed social studies standards spur new debate

4 years ago  •  Education, Statewide

T. Keung Hui, Charlotte Observer – North Carolina’s efforts to make its social studies standards more inclusive are drawing complaints from some critics that the guidelines are promoting a political …
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