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Wake school board approves Freedom to Read grants. Critics say they promote porn.
The grants promoting Banned Books Week events comes as state lawmakers want to make it easier to remove books from school ...
More charter schools want to open in Wake County. Here’s what they’ll offer.
Charter school enrollment has been surging in Wake County over the past decade, increasing the competition for the school ...
Wake will drop 6 high schools from funding program for lower-income schools as budget tightens
Six Wake County high schools will no longer be eligible for Title I funds for additional academic and student support under a ...
Six Wake high schools would drop from Title I program for low-income schools under plans
Six Wake County high schools would no longer be eligible for Title I funds for additional academic and student support under ...
TikTok could be banned in schools. What NC lawmakers want to do about the app.
Last year, Congress passed a law banning TikTok as of Jan. 19, 2025, unless the Chinese-owned company is sold to a U.S. owner ...
Infinite Campus 'on track' to replace PowerSchool in Wake schools by July 1, district leaders say
Infinite Campus is the new system that parents and school employees will use to enter and maintain all kinds of data on ...
Wake County schools teacher charged with assaulting students
A Wake County Public Schools System teacher was charged after an investigation into students being assaulted at an elementary ...
Wake County, N.C., Schools Ending 1:1 Student Device Program
District leaders say the pandemic-era practice of giving a Chromebook to each of the district's 160,000 students is too ...
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More charter schools want to open in Wake County. Here’s what they’ll offer.
Wake County could see another five new charter schools open in the next two years, further fueling the growth of nontraditional public school seats. The state Office of Charter Schools recently ...