Education
Wake releases details on superintendent candidates visit
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the three Wake County superintendent finalists will tour schools, meet school district employees, take questions at a community forum and go through another round of private interviews with the school board.
Education
-
HEALTH & SCIENCE
Researchers at UNC and NC State developing technology that could help people with diabetes
A research team that includes biomedical engineers from N.C. State University and UNC-Chapel Hill are developing a “smart” network of nanoparticles to deliver insulin to diabetics automatically when blood-sugar levels rise.
-
EDUCATION
ECSU gets new interim leader as state probes police wrongdoing
Elizabeth City State University is in turmoil as state investigators look into wrongdoing on the campus and the city police have taken over the review of 125 criminal cases that were improperly investigated by campus police.
-
LOCAL/STATE
Drescher: Duke grad plays central role in ‘Blackboard Wars’
Raleigh-reared Baye Cobb’s first year with Teach For America featured on reality TV show
-
EDUCATION
New provost named as leadership changes at UNC-Chapel Hill
Jim Dean, dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will be the next chief academic officer as UNC-CH ushers in new leaders.
-
EDUCATION
Wake names three superintendent finalists
Dana Bedden, the superintendent of the Irving Independent School District in Texas; Ann Clark, the deputy superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; and James Merrill, the superintendent of Virginia Beach City Schools, are the finalists to become the Wake County school system’s new ...
-
EDUCATION
Wake holding superintendent forum Tuesday
The public can question the three finalists for Wake County schools superintendent Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh.
-
EDUCATION
Candidates vie for Wake schools chief job
Wake County school board members say all three superintendent finalists are strong candidates who will get equal consideration when they meet the public next week and go through a find round of interviews.
-
BARRY SAUNDERS
Saunders: I fought the school bus course and the school bus course won
From the driver’s seat at the State School Bus ROADeo, Barry Saunders develops a new appreciation for what school bus drivers do.
-
EDUCATION
More campuses join UNC-CH in debate about sexual assault
UNC-Chapel Hill, already under federal investigation for its handling of sexual assault cases, finds itself at the forefront of a national movement led by UNC-CH complainants.
-
TRAFFIC
Raleigh woman killed in accident involving school bus
The driver of a car was killed Wednesday morning when she pulled in front of a Wake County school bus on Atlantic Avenue.








