Article Archive
August 27, 2008
Rockingham County fills vacant school board seat
EDEN - The Rockingham County Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday night to appoint Nicole Crews Penn to its vacant...... Continue
UNCG extending the ways it sends safety alerts
GREENSBORO — With the tragedy of Virginia Tech still a fresh memory, UNCG will enter its second of a three-year campus safety...... Continue
It's back to school for Guilford County
GREENSBORO — The day dawned dreary and dismal, and raindrops falling from the eaves echoed in the metal gutters as the buses t... Continue
County’s SAT scores inch up
GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools saw SAT scores rise this year, but the district remains a long way from its goal of besti... Continue
Driver cited after school bus overturns
MADISON — A bus driver was cited for a lane violation after an empty school bus she was driving overturned on Rierson Road, th... Continue
August 26, 2008
SAT scores up in N.C.
North Carolina's average SAT score in 2008 increased, bringing the state to within 10 points of the nation's average, according...... Continue
UNCG to invest $1 million in safety
With the tragedy of Virginia Tech still fresh in their minds, UNCG will enter its second of a three-year campus safety upgrade w... Continue
Superintendent not laughing at school bus prank
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — The host of a Charlotte FM radio station that sent a staff member aboard a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus...... Continue
Giving kids a bit of class
GREENSBORO — Teachers: Be on the lookout for the fashionistas who will stream into your classrooms today. There will be divas...... Continue
Are we failing our children? Video challenges parents
GREENSBORO - Today, we get busy. We - the parents of 72,000 students in Guilford County public schools - will lose our laid-back... Continue
Opening day is smooth in Rockingham schools
EDEN — Lynn Clifton got a good report from her 6-year-old daughter Bailey McMillan when she picked her up from Douglass Elemen... Continue
August 25, 2008
Update: Charlie Wilson, En Vogue, Young Jeezy highlight A&T concerts
GREENSBORO — Charlie Wilson, En Vogue and Young Jeezy will highlight this year's N.C. A&T homecoming concerts. The Aggie A... Continue
Sheriff: New teacher was a fugitive
LEXINGTON — A new Davidson County teacher failed a background check and will be returned to Maryland to face criminal charges. Continue
Reynolds player dies from injury
WINSTON-SALEM — A 15-year-old Reynolds High School football player died early Sunday from a brain injury he suffered during th... Continue
August 24, 2008
Tough test beginning for magnet programs
Jackay Haywood tried for three weeks to teach her 5-year-old daughter, Ashia, how to spell her name. But Ashia could only nail t... Continue
10 Plus with Alan Duncan
Q. Some people question the board paying new Superintendent Maurice Green a base salary of $250,000, given his lack of education... Continue
August 23, 2008
Reynolds football player in critical condition after head injury in game against Page
A football player from R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem is on life support today after suffering a head injury during...... Continue
August 22, 2008
College presidents spark debate on drinking age
The college presidents said they wanted a national debate on the 21-year-old drinking age. They got it. For years, former Middle... Continue
Lowering drinking age draws mixed response
The proposal to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 has no fans among area college administrators, and even students who...... Continue
Muslim, Jewish educators swap ideas in Greensboro
GREENSBORO — Seated around a teardrop-shaped table, the little group talked about Judaism and Islam, science and math, microsc... Continue
August 21, 2008
U.S. News: Duke 8th-best college
RALEIGH (AP) — Duke University remains among the nation's Top 10 best colleges and universities while several other schools in... Continue
Expert: Drier weather means brighter fall foilage
The drier weather that western North Carolina experienced during the spring and early summer means a more colorful fall leaf sea... Continue
Wake Forest's bariatric-surgery program wins national accreditation
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's bariatric-surgery program has been awarded a three-year accreditation as an Amer... Continue
Driver's ed could get a revamp
RALEIGH — North Carolina will spend $33 million this school year on a generations-old rite of passage: driver's education. But... Continue
UNCG chancellor outlines priorities
GREENSBORO - UNCG Chancellor Linda Brady's first formal address to faculty and staff centered on the school's community impact a... Continue
