Education

Gov. Cooper vetoes private school vouchers and immigration enforcement orders

6:00pm September 20, 2024

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that allocates hundreds of millions of dollars to expanded private school vouchers and immigration enforcement. The Republican plan that Cooper rejected Friday also orders sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigrant agents searching jails for people who may be in the country unlawfully.

Announcing NPR's fourth annual College Podcast Challenge

10:00am September 20, 2024

NPR's national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit for a chance to win the $5,000 grand prize. Deadline is January 10.

North Carolina judge won't prevent use of university digital IDs for voting

9:05am September 20, 2024

by Associated Press

A North Carolina trial judge has refused to block students and employees at the state's flagship public university from being able to show a digital identification to comply with a largely new photo ID law.

Exclusive: Watchdog finds Black girls face more frequent, severe discipline in school

5:00am September 19, 2024

The Government Accountability Office found that Black girls received nearly half of the most severe punishments, like expulsion, even though they represent only 15% of girls in public schools.

Education

Work to change North Carolina's school performance grade model is paused

4:04pm September 18, 2024

by Amy Diaz

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has been exploring ways to change how school performance grades are calculated in the state for over two years. But with pending legislation and an upcoming change in leadership, the work to redesign the system is currently on pause.

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Banned books are returning to shelves in one Florida school district

5:12pm September 16, 2024

by Andrew Limbong

A Florida school district is restoring three dozen books removed from library shelves. The books range from classics like Toni Morrison’s Beloved to a kid’s book about a penguin family with two dads.

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Navient reaches $120 million settlement for misleading student loan borrowers

5:01pm September 12, 2024

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, $100 million will be used to make payments to impacted borrowers in a settlement with the former servicer of student loans.

Education

Oklahoma schools resist the order to teach from the Bible in classrooms

4:57pm September 12, 2024

The Oklahoma state school superintendent says he ordered schools to teach the Bible. But local school districts say they'll make up their own minds.

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Stressful woman smoking electronic cigarette for relax.

Schools are putting vape detectors in bathrooms -- paid for by Juul

6:00am September 12, 2024

Some districts are using money from a $1.7 billion legal settlement against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs to pay for the high-tech devices. But there are critics and also privacy concerns.

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The Old Well on campus at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C.

North Carolina's public universities cut 59 positions as part of a massive DEI overhaul this summer

2:47pm September 11, 2024

by Associated Press

Newly released reports from North Carolina's public university system to prove compliance with a new systemwide diversity policy show several DEI position cuts and reassignments were made. It also outlines several program changes as a result of the policy.