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New Grading Policy For ECU
Last Updated: 9:12 AM 02/08/12 - ECU is changing its grading system for all students next academic year , and not everyone is happy about it.
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Onslow County Schools To Make Redistricting Decision
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Last Updated: 9:24 PM 02/07/12 - The Onslow County School Board is scheduled to vote tonight on new attendance zones. The proposals the board is choosing from could impact eleven schools. (Full Story)
UNC Campuses Slated For New Fee, Tuition Increases
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Last Updated: 4:12 PM 02/05/12 - The University of North Carolina is preparing to raise tuition and fees by about $470 next year for in-state undergraduates. (Full Story)
Second "Cool School" Stop Revealed
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Last Updated: 7:33 AM 02/06/12 - WITN News at Sunrise is headed to Washington this Friday. (Full Story)
North Carolina Schools: Crime, Suspensions and Dropouts Down in 2010-11
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Last Updated: 10:12 PM 02/03/12 - A new report says crime, suspensions and dropouts were all down in North Carolina schools during the 2010-11 school year that ended last summer. (Full Story)
SUPERINTENDENT: Student With Weapon Threatens Classmate
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Last Updated: 8:03 PM 02/02/12 - It happened this morning at Union Middle School in Washington County. (Full Story)
North Carolina To Ok Another Summer For Governor's School
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Last Updated: 8:39 AM 02/02/12 - A summer program for gifted students in North Carolina will return after alumni and other donors stepped in with cash in the months since state lawmakers eliminated funding. (Full Story)
CNN Special Featuring J.H. Rose Aired Sunday Night
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Last Updated: 11:05 AM 01/30/12 - CNN aired a special Sunday at 8 p.m. featuring J.H. Rose High School. The documentary takes a closer look at high school football concussions. (Full Story)
UPDATE: Symptoms "Consistent With Norovirus" At Several Pitt Co. Schools
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Last Updated: 7:52 PM 01/27/12 - The health department has confirmed a norovirus outbreak in at least one facility in the county and is now investigating reports of similar illness from other facilities, including several schools. (Full Story)
Former Teacher Charged With Sex Crime Against Student

Last Updated: 11:16 AM 01/30/12 - A former Pitt County teacher has been arrested and charged with taking indecent liberties with a student. (Full Story)
UNC System President Recommends 8.8% Increase
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Last Updated: 11:37 AM 01/25/12 - The president of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system is recommending tuition and fee increases that would average about $470, or 8.8 percent, for the next school year. (Full Story)
Man Charged With Misdemeanor After Raleigh College Lockdown
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Last Updated: 7:04 PM 01/24/12 - County sheriff's spokeswoman Phyllis Stephens says 27-year-old Franklin Delano Rawls Jr. was charged Tuesday with communicating threats, a misdemeanor. (Full Story)
Regional Teachers Of The Year Announced
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Last Updated: 4:13 PM 01/24/12 - North Carolina's regional "Teachers of the Year" have been named, including a Beaufort County teacher and a Wilson County teacher. (Full Story)
New Craven County Superintendent Named
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Last Updated: 11:53 AM 01/19/12 - We now know who will replace the longtime superintendent of Craven County Schools who is retiring in at the end of January. (Full Story)
Hickory College Campuses Closed After Report Of Man With Gun
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Last Updated: 8:58 PM 01/18/12 - The website of Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory says both campuses are closed and that all classes are canceled for Wednesday afternoon and evening. (Full Story)
Atkinson Running Again For State School Chief
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Last Updated: 9:52 AM 01/18/12 - State schools Superintendent June Atkinson says she's running for another four years as chief administrator of North Carolina's public schools. (Full Story)
Perdue Wants Higher Sales Tax For Education
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Last Updated: 2:16 PM 01/17/12 - Gov. Beverly Perdue says her budget proposal for next year will include a temporary sales tax increase to restore education cuts made by the Republican-led General Assembly when they let a similar tax expire last July. (Full Story)
Black Students At Duke Protest Study
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Last Updated: 2:23 PM 01/16/12 - Some black students at Duke University are angry about a study by school researchers that says they and children of alumni are disproportionately more likely to switch to easier majors. (Full Story)
Pitt County School Board Member Dies
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Last Updated: 8:14 PM 01/16/12 - Pitt County School Board member Matthew Ward has passed away according to school officials. (Full Story)
Shrinking Budgets Slow Pre-K Expansion Nationwide
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Last Updated: 5:58 AM 01/17/12 - The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. (Full Story)
UNC Tuition Increase Update
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Last Updated: 2:54 PM 01/13/12 - University of North Carolina system President Tom Ross is recommending tuition and fee increases of less than 10 percent. (Full Story)
ECU Asks Fired Adviser Permission To Release Confidential Information
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Last Updated: 11:44 PM 01/11/12 - An East Carolina University professor fired from his adviser position from the school's newspaper, The East Carolinian, says he's been asked to consent to his confidential information being released. (Full Story)
Parents Irate Over School Questions Using Slaves As Examples
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Last Updated: 9:20 AM 01/11/12 - An effort to mix two school subjects in a math lesson adds up to outrage at a Georgia school in Norcross. (Full Story)
New Life For Bear Grass Charter Proposal
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Last Updated: 8:08 PM 01/10/12 - This morning a state advisory council recommended Bear Grass be "fast tracked" to become a charter school. (Full Story)
Judge Blocks Law, Allows NCAE Auto Paycheck Withdrawals To Continue
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Last Updated: 7:45 PM 01/09/12 - Superior Court Judge Paul Gessner issued a temporary restraining order Monday stopping the law approved late last week by the General Assembly from being enacted.
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