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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will be closed on Wednesday, March 5, due to expected severe weather. According to WBTV, the district cited the potential for strong wind gusts, which could reach up to 50 mph, particularly during the morning commute. As a result of the storm conditions, all school activities, including ASEP, extracurriculars, athletics, facility use, and […]
Honoring Dorothy Counts-Scoggins for Black History Month
Teaching Black history to students has always been a part of the curriculum in American schools. The accuracy of it, however, and the necessary context for that type of instruction hasn't always been there, to put it mildly.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted unanimously last night to approve Phase 1 of a new student assignment plan. The plan will give priority to disadvantaged student, assigning them with consideration of the family income, level of education, and neighborhood in which they live. The board hopes the plan will create 13,000 new magnet seats for […]
The New Hanover County School District has revised their dress code policy! The school has banned “skinny leg jeans” to protect bigger girls from being bullied. Before revising the previous policy the school district took a twitter poll and most agreed that this measure could help prevent bullying. What do you think?
The Obama administration issued a directive this morning to all U.S. public school districts, requiring them to allow transgender students to have access to bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity, rather than their birth identity. The Departments of Education and Justice Department instructed schools to abide by transgender students’ identity, rather than their […]
A survey found that students brought more than 185 guns to school so far for this academic year. The group that conducted the survey laments that there's no federal gun safety law in place.
Michigan's water crisis in Flint has also opened up concern for the state's school issues in Detroit, U.S. Uncut reports.
The FLOTUS penned a passionate op-ed for the Atlantic about her education initiative with President Barack Obama.
Chicago Public Schools Chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett has resigned from office amid a federal investigation into a $20.5 million no-bid contract to one of her former…
A group of teachers, principals, and administrators from Atlanta were found guilty this week of taking part in one of the nation’s biggest cheating scandals…
