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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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. (Full Story) |
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