WRAL.com - Education

University trustees to take up tuition increases

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:24 -0500

Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University today will consider raising tuition to make up for funding shortfalls in lean economic times.

Parents to weigh-in on Wake reassignment plan

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:23:00 -0500

At public meeting Thursday night, parents will get their first chance to weigh in on the draft plan that would move one in five Wake County students over the next three years.

School districts asked to return $58M to state

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:40:02 -0500

To help ease North Carolina's state budget shortfall, school districts are being asked to return $58 million they've already received from the state.

Campuses eye tuition increases

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:52:35 -0500

NCCU trustees have approved a tuition increase for next fall, and officials at UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State are discussing increases.

Cowher to speak at N.C. State winter graduation

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:01:27 -0500

Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher will deliver the commencement address at North Carolina State University's winter graduation ceremony, officials said Wednesday.

Energy cooperative honors teachers with grant money

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:51:52 -0500

Teachers from Harnett, Cumberland, Sampson, Bladen, Johnston, Duplin, Pender, Durham, Wake, Alamance, Orange, Person, Chatham, Lee, Moore, New Hanover, Beaufort, Wayne, Pitt, Franklin, Granville, Nash and Vance counties will share more than $180,000 in grant money.

Lenoir-Rhyne University reports death of student

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:13:42 -0500

Harrison Kowiak, a sophomore from Tampa, Fla., died off campus as a result of an accident, according to a statement from the school.

NCSU Senate to vote on modifed bill as graffiti response

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:20:20 -0500

The bill to be considered Wednesday night was amended from its original form. In the draft presented last week, expulsion was included in the suggested punishments. That language has been removed from the final version.

Former Gov. Hunt honored for education efforts

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:40:25 -0500

Former Gov. Jim Hunt was honored for driving school reform in North Carolina, and he plans to talk about what President-elect Barack Obama should do for education.

Wake schools look to cut millions from budget

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:51:46 -0500

State budget deficits are forcing schools to return $58 million of state funding. In Wake County, the school system is being asked to return $5.4 million of allocated funds to the state.

Former Virginia teacher donates $1M to UNC

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:56:36 -0500

A former Virginia school teacher has donated more than $1 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her alma mater.

Teacher of the Week: 'She's nice, teaches us a lot of things'

Capitol Broadcasting — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:05:15 -0500

Bethesda Elementary School teacher Nan Clarke is WRAL's Teacher of the Week.

Parents voice concerns over Raleigh school's calendar conversion

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:59:17 -0500

Parents of Leesville Road Middle School students voiced their opinions Monday evening about converting the north Raleigh school from a traditional calendar to a year-round schedule.

Parents can comment on Wake school reassignment

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:57:33 -0500

Parents get their first chance Thursday to weigh in on the Wake school district's plan to reassign more than 26,000 students to differentover the next three years. The first meeting takes place Monday night at Leesville Road High School from 7 to 9 p.m.

Teacher in YouTube video remains on job

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:31:00 -0500

A Cumberland County teacher shown in an online video telling a student her father might be deployed for years because the family supported John McCain for president remains on the job, officials said Monday.

Student wins annual scholarship

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:33:01 -0500

Dulce Munoz, a student at Brogden Middle School, can collect $2,000 per year, from middle school through the fourth year of college.

Winston-Salem State University to repay lenders

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:53:45 -0500

The school says it will repay the government and lenders more than $1 million for loans and grants given to ineligible students.

Second teacher investigated for political remarks

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:22:04 -0500

Cumberland County School officials say they are investigating a second teacher's allegedly making partisan remarks. The middle-school teacher is accused of disparaging President-elect Obama.

Louisburg College narrows search for leader

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:37:57 -0500

Dr. Mark David La Branche, senior vice president of external affairs at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., and Dr. Judy Blankenship Cheatham, director of the TESOL graduate program at Greensboro College, will tour the campus and be interviewed by faculty and staff next week.

Johnston County schools superintendent to retire

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:42:45 -0500

Anthony Parker announced Wednesday that he plans to retire on July 1, and three of his deputies will leave, too.