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The Winston-Salem Foundation is donating $500,000 to help pay down the district’s debt.
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Rural school districts rely on educators on the H-1B visa to teach in schools in remote areas.
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The Tenement Museum explores the American experience by recreating the homes of real, immigrant, migrant and Black American families.
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Education leaders from around the country are calling on the administration to reverse plans for sweeping layoffs at the Department of Education that they say will impact progress for students with disabilities.
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Musicals for students give Broadway flops a second life. Students in South Florida are resuscitating the 2023 Brittney Spears musical show that lasted just three months on Broadway.
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The Trump administration is cutting another 466 federal workers from the Department of Education, including staff who oversee funding that supports children with disabilities and low-income students.
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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is considering closing Cook due to declining student enrollment and aging facilities.
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The donation comes shortly after Forsyth County commissioners approved a conditional debt forgiveness plan for the district tied to how much money the school system can raise in private donations.
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The Trump administration announced a $100,000 fee to accompany each H1-B visa. The fee could wreak havoc on rural school districts that rely on them to bring in teachers.
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New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have made gains, but all are lagging compared to before the pandemic.
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District officials say enrollment at Cook has been declining over the last five years. The facility is also 75 years old and in need of major improvements.
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Thirty-one years ago, the North Carolina Supreme Court heard a case about education inequities related to school funding, often referred to as “Leandro.” But multiple years and court rulings later, additional money has still not been released to the state’s public schools.