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State education officials are warning schools around North Carolina they need to make academic improvements or risk being taken over by the state. 

When students return to class next month in South Dakota, they'll be greeted by the national motto, prominently displayed on school walls.

North Carolina Superintendent Mark Johnson is introducing several initiatives to reduce testing in public schools.

Two-thirds of the district's buildings in an early test had problematic levels of lead or copper. The supplier says the water isn't the problem — it's the schools' old plumbing.

Superintendent Chris Fiedler expects the district will save about $1 million in transportation costs, teaching salaries and district-wide utilities.

Public schools would have to display the official U.S. and North Carolina mottos in prominent areas in legislation that's cleared one General Assembly chamber.

Teachers have rejected a pay raise passed by the state legislature last week, saying it doesn't go far enough in addressing deep cuts in education in recent years.

Teachers formed picket lines and descended on the state Capitol to demand higher salaries and better insurance. The state has some of the lowest teacher pay in the country.

When South Korea issued its sex education guidelines for public schools in 2015, there was an outcry and there were calls for them to be withdrawn. Two years later, the guidelines remain in place.