UNC: “Our Focus Is On Our Students”
UNC has been careful about how and on what it comments in the new Carol Folt administration, which is less than a year old.
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Willingham’s Literacy Findings Discredited
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 11, 2014 | UNC
UNC released the findings of an independent review Friday that stated the test used by UNC academic advisor Mary Willingham was not a valid method to measure college-readiness.
Read MoreFiber Internet In 2014?
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 10, 2014 | Development
“We’re hoping some of those connections start before the end of this year.”
Read MoreCHCCS To Place Interim PE Teacher At Seawell To Finish School Year
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 8, 2014 | Pre-K - 12 Education
With the departure of veteran PE teacher, Sherry Norris, a hole will undoubtedly be left, but the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system says it’s already got a plan in motion for finding her replacement.
Read MoreUNC J-School Professor Emeritus Remembers Stone For His Many Achievements
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 7, 2014 | News Around Town
There was a consensus when Ron Stutts asked people Monday morning about Chuck Stone: he was kind, smart, and caring.
Read More“You Just Can’t Put Into Words The Influence That (Stone) Had On Our Campus”
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 7, 2014 | News Around Town
“He always had such a big smile, and you felt like he could have just come from tea with Gandhi and yet when he sees you he wants to know, ‘How are you? How’s the family?'”
Read MoreFormer UNC Professor, Co-Founder Of NABJ Dies
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 6, 2014 | News Around Town
A former professor of journalism at UNC and the co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, Charles Sumner “Chuck” Stone, Jr. died Sunday at the age of 89.
Read MoreSome Concerned Ahead Of UNC Investigation Release
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 4, 2014 | UNC
“It’s very curious that no effort has been made to reach (the primary partner that (Mary) conducted these tests with.”
Read MoreCHHS Winningest Coach To Retire From Classroom April 30
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 4, 2014 | High School
The winningest high school volleyball and basketball coach in North Carolina is calling it quits after 37 years, at least in the classroom.
Read MoreFranklin Street Closed Due To Downed Power Lines
Posted by Ran Northam | Apr 2, 2014 | Traffic
Franklin Street between Boundary Street and Deming Drive is currently closed due to downed power lines and might not reopen until at least midday.
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