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A Panther Pride sign cheers Washington High School's undefeated football team amid debris from last week's tornado.

Rivals Help Level Playing Field For Tornado-Shattered Team

5:24pm December 16, 2013

by Amanda Vinicky

Competition and compassion meet on the field in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, when two central Illinois high school football teams face off for a spot in the state championship. One team is a perennial powerhouse, but the other is from a town that was all but destroyed by a tornado one week ago.

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Mothers, Citizens Break the Silence

8:01am December 14, 2013

This weekend, thousands of people nationwide and in North Carolina will hit the streets to advocate for better gun control legislation.

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North Carolina Teachers Sue the State Over School Vouchers

4:27am December 12, 2013

An advocacy group representing North Carolina teachers is suing the state.

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Noel, a remote Ozarks town of 1,832, is thriving thanks to the Tyson Foods poultry plant in town.

In A Small Missouri Town, Immigrants Turn To Schools For Help

12:30pm December 11, 2013

by Abbie Fentress Swanson

The once-sleepy tourist town of Noel, Mo., in the heart of the Ozark Mountains, is now home to hundreds of immigrants and newly arrived refugees, thanks largely to the huge Tyson Food Inc. poultry plant. And since the town lacks the infrastructure to serve these new residents, schools have become the de facto safety net.

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Policy Changes Considered to Help Special Needs Children in the Classroom

6:04pm December 09, 2013

by Keri Brown

School choice including charter schools, magnet schools and private schools are options for many families in North Carolina. But as the state's education landscape continues to change, many parents with special needs children are facing major challenges.

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Students at Lowell High School in Michigan sit down for lunch. Shorter lunch breaks mean that many kids don't get enough time to eat and socialize.

These Days, School Lunch Hours Are More Like 15 Minutes

9:09am December 07, 2013

by Eric Westervelt

In a new poll, parents complain that their children are not getting nearly enough time for a basic school ritual: eating lunch. And that's worrying parents and administrators, given that about one-third of American kids are overweight or obese.

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Yadkin County Students, Bus Driver Recovering after Bus Turnover

3:15pm December 03, 2013

Updated: December 4, 2013

No charges have been filed against the driver of the Yadkin County school bus that overturned on a rural road.

Education

The Children's Museum of Winston-Salem: Raising Confident and Comfortable Eaters - part 4

4:04pm December 02, 2013

Audio from Part 4 of the Children's Museum of Winston Salem's series titled

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Shayna Terrell is the outreach coordinator at Simon Gratz Mastery Charter School in Philadelphia.

Charter Schools In Philadelphia: Educating Without A Blueprint

11:39am November 22, 2013

by Eric Westervelt

A few short years ago, Simon Gratz in North Philadelphia was among the state's most troubled, violent and academically underachieving high schools. Today, now a charter school, Gratz is very much on the rebound. But critics say Philadelphia can't charter its way out of its school crisis.

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Third-grader Kassim West last July at Walter G. Smith Elementary School, one of more than 20 Philadelphia public schools that closed at the end of the school year.

Kids Pay The Price In Fight Over Fixing Philadelphia Schools

8:58am November 22, 2013

by Claudio Sanchez

One of the nation's largest school systems has been pushed to the brink of insolvency. Not long ago, Philadelphia was touted as a "laboratory of innovation," a promising model for urban public education. But something went wrong. So who is responsible for the district's descent into academic and financial ruin?

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