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NC education leaders look to recalculate key school-performance metric
School systems often tout how many of their schools met or exceeded expectations for test-score improvement. But the state is exploring changing it.
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25 years after saving dozens of children at NYC daycare, Louisburg teacher still haunted by 9/11
Tara Jones, a Louisburg teacher, told WRAL News that she doesn't take teaching children for granted in her decades-long career; not in 2026, and not on September 11, 2001, when she was working at a daycare blocks away from the Twin Towers.
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In an age of instant answers, educators say there's a case for letting kids struggle a little
When children forget their lunch, can't solve a math problem or don't know how to get somewhere, the instinct for parents can be to step in immediately. But sometimes, the problem is an opportunity.
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High school stabbing in Croatia leaves 2 wounded and attacker detained
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A student in a high school in Croatia's capital, Zagreb, on Friday stabbed and wounded another student and a janitor, authorities said.
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Former hockey players at University of Michigan sue, say they were sexually abused decades ago
DETROIT (AP) — More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging their coach and other staff were aware of sexual hazing that included the forced shaving of their genitals and other abuse by teammates decades ago.
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Fire in eastern Congo kills at least 26 students at 2 schools
A fire has swept through two schools in Bukavu, eastern Congo, killing at least 26 students and injuring dozens more. The South Kivu provincial government reports that 19 girls and seven boys died, and the death toll could rise. The fire began in a house and spread to the schools, trapping studen...
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Across the US, 'Friday night lights' provide a sense of community — and, for some, a way out
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — The phone calls, all asking the same question, started coming long before the lights at “The Pit” flickered on for the first time this fall.
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Suspected gunman in Thailand kindergarten shooting surrenders after 18-hour standoff
BANGKOK (AP) — A police officer who allegedly gunned down his wife at the kindergarten where she was a teacher in eastern Thailand surrendered Thursday after an overnight standoff with authorities, officials said.
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Families grieve in the ruins of an Iranian school where a US strike killed dozens of children
The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in the southern Iranian city of Minab has become a place to wrestle with grief and preserve the memories of some 120 children killed here by an American airstrike on the first day of the war on Iran. At least one U.S. missile hit the school that morning in Minab, acco...
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North Carolina's kindergarten vaccination rates show vulnerability to measles amid US outbreaks
North Carolina students are returning to class this fall amid outbreaks of measles across the U.S. PolitiFact examines kindergarten vaccination trends across the nation.
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Wake schools plans 'major shift' in new HVAC, facilities plan
Wake County Public School System leaders are looking at consulting with an outside group on a plan that would overhaul the district's approach to facilities. It faces $800 million in deferred maintenance, about a quarter of that for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
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Americans' satisfaction with schools is at a low point, new Gallup poll shows
Americans' satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the country has hit a low point, driven by a growing political divide and concerns that schools are not preparing children for college and future jobs.
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NC auditor: It might be time to change the math as lottery sales soar, money to schools doesn't
The North Carolina Education Lottery has for years not met its goal of giving out at least 38% of proceeds to public education, which mostly includes K-12 schools, according to a state audit. A state statute indicates that at least 50% should go toward paying out winnings, the auditor said.
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Most states prompt schools to teach about 9/11, but the details differ, AP finds
Telling the story of 9/11 has become the labor of U.S. schools now that about 1/3 of Americans weren’t yet born on Sept. 11, 2001. The Associated Press has found that a growing majority of states — at least 40 — now expect or suggest that public schools address 9/11 in some way. According to data...
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The Iranian school struck in the war's earliest attacks is now a memorial for children
The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel. Iranian officials have reported over 100 student deaths. The Trump administration has not accepted responsibility or release...
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Nearly 2,000 fall ill in suspected food poisoning linked to Indonesia's free school meals program
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, fell ill in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to President Prabowo Subianto ’s flagship Free Nutritious Meals program this week, raising fresh concerns about food safety as the government rapidly expands the multibillio...
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'An abandonment': UNC faculty, students raise concerns over campus alert system
UNC Faculty addressed Chancellor Lee Roberts and UNC Police Chief Brian James after a man was taken into custody on campus, accused of shouting racial slurs at Black students during a watch party.
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Former New Mexico lawmaker pleads guilty to diverting public school funds
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A former high-ranking Democratic legislator in New Mexico accused of diverting millions of dollars meant for vocational education in the state’s largest school district to businesses and charities in which she had an interest has pleaded guilty to state charges that inclu...
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Wake schools releases reassignment proposal. See who could be affected
The plan focuses on the opening of the new Morrisville High School, easing continuing crowding in several Wake schools, and changing where some affected families can apply to go if they want a different school calendar.
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Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey
The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity. The data comes from the Education Department’s Civil Rights Data Collection, a federal surve...
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Finding a job after prison comes with extra challenges. Here are ways to overcome them
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Christian had never held a regular job when he left prison. A conviction at age 19 for selling drugs kept him confined through young adulthood and into his early 40s.
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Trump administration pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies
The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race. The proposal amounts to a significant escalation in the White House’s campaign to eradicate diversity programs direc...
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Latest school shooting in Thailand may spur calls in Asia for more active safety drills
SAN RAFAEL, Philippines (AP) — A school shooting this week in Thailand may spark greater interest in holding more active shooter drills at educational institutions, as Southeast Asian nations consider measures to curb gun violence.
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German far-right party targets iconic Bauhaus school ahead of landmark state election
DESSAU, Germany (AP) — Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down the world-famous Bauhaus school of design, it has once again become a cultural battleground between Germany's establishment and the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has called the art movement an “aberration of modern...
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50 years later: The impact of the Wake-Raleigh schools merger — and what’s ahead
The success of the Wake County Public School System hinges on not just marketing itself as the best choice for families, but proving it, too, education leaders say.
