“The Absolute Worst”: Wake School Board Passes Budget with $10 Million in Cuts
Board members who voted for the budget, which goes to the county next for approval, said it represents the best the district could do with limited funding from the state.
Trump Cuts Threaten to Halt Two Decades of HIV Vaccine Research
Duke has led a national HIV research consortium since 2005, with several promising vaccines ready for trials. Now the NIH is ending its major grant.
Teachers From Across N.C. Rally for More Pay, Better Funding
At least 20 districts closed on Friday as thousands of educators gathered outside the General Assembly for the “Kids Over Corporations” event.
Triangle Educators Rally in Raleigh for More School Funding
The protest takes place as local governments are feeling increasing demands to fund public schools while support from the state shrinks.
What N.C. State’s Arena Move Tells Us About the Dean Dome’s Future
Nearly 30 years ago, N.C. State basketball moved from Reynolds Coliseum to an off-campus court.
Saint Augustine’s University Declares Bankruptcy, Announces Interim President’s Resignation
The university also said it will stop fighting to regain accreditation, which means remaining students will need to transfer to accredited universities to finish their degrees.
Record Numbers of Durham High Schoolers are Missing School
Over half of Durham Public Schools high schoolers were chronically absent in the first six months of the current school year.
More Education Coverage
Lawmakers Threaten Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Over Books, Policies on Gender
Republican legislators harangued school officials during a House Oversight Committee meeting and announced a new bill that would withhold funding from districts for not complying with the so-called Parents’ Bill of Rights.
How an ‘Agnostic Atheist’ Got Students to Scrutinize Their Faith
Biblical scholar Bart Ehrman wanted his students at UNC-Chapel Hill to think seriously about what it means to believe—and they did.
First Draft of Wake County Schools Budget Contains $15M in Cuts, Question Marks
Superintendent Robert P. Taylor said he won’t reduce the special education budget but hasn’t decided what he’ll cut instead.
N.C. Supreme Court Reverses 2022 Ruling on Leandro School Funding Plan
Leandro v. North Carolina began in 1994, when five low-wealth counties sued the state over what they contended was inadequate funding.
“Devastating”: Anticipated Cuts to Special Education Raise Alarms in Wake
In a special budget meeting Tuesday night, Wake school board members expressed opposition to $18 million in proposed cuts and urged the superintendent to rethink his funding proposal.
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