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Most NC public schools can't afford to maintain student devices (opens the original)
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Nearly 75% of school districts in N.C. report they don't have a sustainable funding source to maintain their fleet of computers, including student devices like Chromebooks. North Carolina public schools collectively spent more than $6.6 million last school year to repair broken computers. That's according to a new report, the first of its kind, by the Department of Public Instruction that was presented to the State Board of Education Thursday. "It's very important to lift this report up because
Can parents opt their children out of a transgender teacher's class? Here's what courts say (opens the original)
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The hiring of a transgender teacher at a Wake County elementary school has drawn national attention and heated comments at school board meetings. Some parents want to take their children out of the teacher's class and say they weren't given that option. They are threatening to sue the school district if their requests aren't met. WUNC producer Will Michaels spoke with education reporter Liz Schlemmer about the situation. Liz, can you walk us through the situation? Over the summer, Middle Creek E
CHCCS votes to eliminate a portion of Glenwood Elementary's Mandarin magnet program (opens the original)
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The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education has made a final decision on the fate of a Mandarin language program from a school slated to close. The school board voted Thursday evening to discontinue one track of Glenwood Elementary's Mandarin program by the end of this school year. The school board previously voted to close Glenwood Elementary by fall 2027, largely due to declining enrollment across the district. Glenwood houses a popular Mandarin magnet program that has drawn many
WCPSS passes policies on religious instruction and book challenges to comply with NC law (opens the original)
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The Wake County school board has passed a policy to let students leave school with an excused absence for up to one hour a week for religious instruction. The policy complies with a new law passed as part of the state budget. The Christian organization LifeWise Academy lobbied for laws like this in multiple states. The national program partners with local churches to transport students away from school for Bible study. LifeWise Academy's website says it plans to open chapters in Wake County soon
North Carolina ends college entrance exam called a "barrier" for would-be teachers (opens the original)
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This fall, colleges of education across North Carolina are welcoming back students who had previously left their programs solely because they struggled to pass a standardized entrance exam. At UNC-Greensboro's School of Education, about 35 students returned. "We saw a large number of music ed students, dance ed students, birth through kindergarten students, and elementary (education) students who returned to the major," said Jacqueline Dozier, Director for Student Success at UNC-Greensboro's Sch
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