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Parents can speak out on new Wake County student assignment plan

Wake County school board Chairwoman Monika Johnson-Hostler says parents should give their feedback on the first draft of the new student assignment plan.

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NC principals may retire to avoid pay cuts

Matt Wight, principal of Apex Friendship High School, says experienced principals may take early retirement instead of taking potential state pay cuts of $10,000 or more.

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New NC K-3 class size rules could hurt teaching and learning

Wake County school board member Bill Fletcher says the changes elementary schools will need to make will hurt teaching and learning.

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Moving toward a May 2018 Wake County school bond referendum

Wake County school board member Bill Fletcher discusses working with the Board of Commissioners to put a school construction bond referendum on the May 2018 ballot.

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Wake County making assignment changes to lower K-3 class sizes

Wake County school board member Keith Sutton on why the need to reduce K-3 class sizes may lead to cuts in "grandfathering" rights given to students to avoid reassignment.

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UNC board bans civil rights center from giving legal help to poor, minorities

The UNC Board of Governors voted to ban the UNC Center for Civil Rights from representing its low-income and minority clients. Opponents say it would hurt UNC’s academic reputation.

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Protester disrupts UNC board after vote on civil rights center

The UNC Board of Governors voted to ban the UNC Center for Civil Rights from representing its low-income and minority clients. Opponents say it would hurt UNC’s academic reputation.

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Assessing how North Carolina schools are performing

State Superintendent Mark Johnson discusses North Carolina's record 86.5 percent graduation rate and how 73.7 percent of schools are meeting growth goals on state tests.

Board of Governors member says other members are 'blurring the lines between policy and management'

Resolutions were passed at the Board of Governors meeting on Thursday to lower tuition and fees, reorganize the staff of UNC President Margaret Spellings and the board's meetings, and to look into moving the UNC system headquarters out of Chapel Hill.

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Demonstrators loudly urge Chancellor Folt to take down Silent Sam

Students and activists gathered outside South Building on UNC’s Campus on Wednesday with drums, pots and pans, and noise makers to disrupt business as usual and demand that Chancellor Folt take down Silent Sam.

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Hard choices NC schools face to reduce K-3 class sizes

Kristen Faircloth, principal of Sycamore Creek Elementary School in Raleigh, talks about how principals are finding the space to meet the state's lower K-3 class sizes.

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Wake County raises pay for school bus drivers

David Neter, chief business officer for Wake County schools, is hoping pay raises will lead to the hiring of more school bus drivers who will improve service for families.

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Rally opposes ban on legal action by UNC Center for Civil Rights

Ted Shaw, director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights, speaks at a rally opposing UNC Board of Governors' proposed ban on legal action by the UNC Center for Civil Rights.

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UNC Center for Civil Rights assists minority neighborhood

Robert Campbell speaks about how the UNC Center for Civil Rights helped the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, a community adjacent to a landfill outside Chapel Hill. The neighborhood filed a federal complaint, and eventually local officials stopped plans to build a transfer station at the landfill. The neighborhood now has a community center and houses are being connected to public water and sewer.

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See what Broughton students and parents say about starting and ending the school day an hour later

Video: Broughton High School students and parents give their views on whether they would like the school day to start and dismiss an hour later than they currently do.

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Classrooms on carts: NC class-size rules mean some teachers have no room of their own

North Carolina elementary schools are facing tough choices to find enough classrooms to meet smaller state-mandated K-3 class sizes. At Sycamore Creek Elementary School in Raleigh, several elective teachers lost their classrooms and now carry their supplies on carts.

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