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Arthur Fleming (center), principal of Western Guilford High School, watches as his students get off the bus and enter the polling place inside Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown N.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. SANTIAGO OCHOA/WFDD

Guilford County Schools offers students busing to the polls

2:05pm October 29, 2024

For years, Guilford County Schools has offered optional field trips to the polls for students who are eligible to vote. A small group of Western Guilford High School students cast their first ballots at a voting site Tuesday morning.

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President Obama Delivers Commencement Address At Howard University

Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done

5:00am October 28, 2024

The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.

Schools in Asheville are reopening in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

2:14am October 28, 2024

After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday.

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Want a Picasso? UChicago students borrow original art for their dorms

9:00am October 26, 2024

College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.

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State superintendent candidate Michele Morrow raises concerns for Triad educators

3:42pm October 25, 2024

by Amy Diaz

After the November election, North Carolina will have a new state superintendent of public instruction. Many local educators are concerned about the Republican candidate, homeschooler Michele Morrow.

2024 Student Podcast Challenge Honorable Mentions

11:00am October 24, 2024

Here are the honorable mentions from the 2024 Student Podcast Challenge. Congratulations!

Some colleges are targeting financial aid to middle-class families

5:00am October 24, 2024

Many middle-income families are frustrated by the cost of higher education, feeling they earn too much for financial aid, but not enough to pay for it themselves.

Education

To pray or not to pray: WS/FCS adopts moment of silence to begin meetings despite protests

2:25pm October 23, 2024

by Amy Diaz

More than a dozen people addressed the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education Tuesday night asking members to bring back the practice of praying at the start of meetings. The board began offering moments of silence instead back in May.

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These teachers often live in poverty. A pay raise could help — but there’s a cost

5:00am October 23, 2024

A new Biden administration effort to raise Head Start teacher wages could force the federally funded preschool program to serve fewer children.

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Biden wants Head Start teachers to get a raise. But it's unclear who will pay for it

4:57pm October 21, 2024

by Cory Turner

A new Biden administration rule meant to raise the wages of teachers in the federal Head Start preschool program could force local programs to scale back if Congress doesn't agree to increase funding.

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