VIA: WNCN.COM The Wake County student assignment committee got a lesson about a school assignment concept called “controlled choice.” The plan divides the school system into zones, each one designed to represent the system as a whole. Parents would choose schools in rank-order preference. The concept was designed to voluntarily achieve racially integrated schools. MORE

VIA: WRAL.COM Leaders of the NAACP and African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches of the Eastern District continue to encourage other civic, religious, parent and student groups to take part in a mass demonstration Tuesday against the Wake County Board of Education’s planned policy change that they say will lead to resegregated schools. “It’s important for […]

VIA: WRAL.COM A former Durham elementary school teacher is accused of taking indecent liberties with a student. Ariel Allen, 25, was arrested and charged with indecent liberties on July 9, authorities said. He was released from jail the same day after posting a $15,000 bond. MORE

VIA: WRAL.COM One school in Chapel Hill has provided every student with an iPod touch, making it the first school in the world to do so. Culbreth Middle School has 622 of the slim, portable computers – one for every teacher and for every student. They were purchased through grants and technology funds. MORE

VIA: WTVD.COM A male student was hit by a school bus on Guess Road in northern Durham County Friday. Investigators said two students were roughhousing next to the road when one of them ended up on the road in the path of the bus. The boy’s injuries are serious, but not life threatening. The North […]