During a Wake County School Board meeting Tuesday, protests against an item that wasn’t even on the agenda became so tense that 19 people were arrested including three current and former UNC students.
For 2007 UNC graduate Meg Petersen, staying in Chapel Hill post-graduation was an obvious career decision. Chapel Hill, like most college towns across the nation, has low unemployment rates and numerous job opportunities.
Environmental groups across the state are raising a stink over sludge. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League in conjunction with N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, held a press conference June 21 to discuss public health and the environment, and they are still waiting for answers.
A series of protests in Raleigh this week painted a picture of the changing landscape of the state’s K-12 education, a landscape that many parents, teachers and students object to.
The Wake County School Board voted in a 5-4 decision Tuesday night to overturn 30 years of policy designed to promote public school diversity in favor of a new policy promoting neighborhood schools.
Educators, parents and students from all across the state gathered in Raleigh Saturday to protest state budget cuts to K-12 public education.
People carrying signs march through downtown Raleigh Tuesday morning to protest a Wake County public schools student assignment policy.
