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The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees voted to divert millions of diversity, equity and inclusion funding to public safety and campus law enforcement
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North Carolina public schools are becoming more segregated by race, even as the overall student population is becoming more racially diverse. This trend comes as students of color now make up the majority of public school students.
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Higher education has become one of the culture war’s key battlegrounds, where opinions clash on free speech, affirmative action and other issues.
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NC Promise cuts tuition to $500 per semester for some schools, while other regional universities' tuition stays in the thousands.
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The university's vice provost for enrollment said UNC-Chapel Hill has yet to send out any financial aid packages to students.
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NC House Speaker Tim Moore says the legislature should add $300 million to the state's private school voucher program to address higher-than-expected demand for help paying tuition.
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North Carolina's charter school enrollment is booming, but nine of 12 schools approved to open this August have postponed because of trouble finding buildings and recruiting students.
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About 11.5% of North Carolina teachers left the profession last school year, including retirements. There were just over 6,000 teaching vacancies reported statewide, including classes without a fully licensed teacher.
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North Carolina notifies families that 13,500 students will get new Opportunity Scholarships in 2024, but roughly 40,000 make too much money under the new priority system.
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Forsyth Technical Community College is improving on-campus childcare for community college students.
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Bill Harrison, the newly named interim superintendent of the Alamance-Burlington School System, says the district will have to cut programs or positions amid its budget crisis.
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A state-funded pilot program is bringing high tech learning experiences to high school students in 17 school districts. School districts participating in the SparkNC program have set up labs where students can choose from a menu of short courses in topics like robotics, cybersecurity and software development.