Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Duke’s Ridge, a new affordable housing community in Charlotte’s west side will have 52 new townhomes. Four of those will be reserved for educators in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system.
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Western Carolina University/Western Carolina UniversitySome college students in western North Carolina have made their way home to families farther east. But others remain cut off from the rest of the state. The UNC system is sending aid. -
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesTwo federal programs that helped federal student loan borrowers ease back into payments are ending. It will have the biggest impact on borrowers with defaulted loans or borrowers who miss payments moving forward.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will be closed on Monday due to Hurricane Helene, which blew through the area overnight Thursday and left extensive damage, the school system said Sunday evening. Some other area districts are closing as well, including Gaston County. -
The plan was to turn the middle college programs for 11th and 12th graders at four Central Piedmont Community College campuses into early college programs that include ninth and 10th graders as well. -
Helene made landfall in northwestern Florida Thursday night. The storm is bringing heavy rain to the Carolinas. Several school systems have closed, including Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Here’s a list that WFAE will update as closures are announced. -
A CEO from Charlotte continues to fund scholarships for undocumented students, as the debate around immigration has hit a fever pitch this election season. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board will consider adding new language to its harassment policy that would protect staff and students from harassment on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation. -
More than 84,000 North Carolina students took an exam for an Advanced Placement class last school year and passed to earn college credit, setting a record high. -
Magnet shuffle is approved without shifting students to Dilworth, no addition of early college seatsThe Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board voted Tuesday night to approve several changes to student assignment, mostly affecting magnet schools. But the changes did not include creating hundreds of seats in early college programs or adding more students to the already overcrowded Dilworth Elementary School.
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I’m James Farrell and, as of last week, I’m the new education reporter here at WFAE. I’m so excited to dive into this crucial beat. -
A new review and testimony from investigators with the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the clearest picture yet of the aid form’s troubled rollout. -
Earlier this month, a Gettysburg College student used a box cutter to write a racial slur on another student's chest during a social gathering on campus. The incident is under campus investigation.
