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Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.
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U.S. Department of EducationNationwide colleges and universities are grappling with glitches in the updated Free Application for Federal Student Aid form, which determines students' federal financial aid. Officials at Johnson C. Smith University say they have been able to process less than 10% of their student financial aid packages. -
Ann Doss Helms/WFAECharlotte-Mecklenburg Schools celebrated 18 finalists for teacher and assistant of the year at this week's Gem Awards.
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A federal appellate court has found Charlotte Catholic High School was within its rights to fire a teacher after school leaders learned he was planning to marry his same-sex partner. That overturns the lower court’s ruling. -
Republicans tried for the kind of headline moments they've scored in similar hearings with elite college presidents. But the testimony from K-12 public school leaders offered few surprises. -
UNC Students for Justice in Palestine is calling for faculty to withhold grades until the university lifts suspensions of student protesters. -
It’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. We are looking at three separate claims related to school safety that Michele Morrow made during a recent event in Cary. -
Students say they suffered broken bones, concussions and other injuries from allegedly aggressive police action breaking up pro-Palestinian protests last week. -
North Carolina's Charter School Review Board approved dramatic expansion Monday for two Charlotte charter schools despite low test scores. That wasn't allowed until the law changed last year. -
UNC Charlotte Police, with support from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, dispersed on-campus protesters supporting Gaza on Tuesday. A letter from the chancellor said the situation was resolved peacefully, with one person detained. -
The public got a look at the strategies Superintendent Crystal Hill plans to use to meet the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board’s five-year goals for academic improvement last week. Watching this plan evolve has mostly served as a reminder of the extraordinary complexity of public education. -
North Carolina's Charter Schools Review Board voted unanimously Monday to stop public funding for a financially troubled Kinston school. It's the second school the board has voted to close this spring. -
Nearly 800 faculty and staff members at UNC-Chapel Hill have signed an open letter calling on administrators to lift punishments on student protesters who participated in the pro-Palestinian demonstrations last week.
