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      <title><![CDATA[Wake schools will spend $5.6M to repair 3 schools they say were improperly built]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Work started at the three schools -- Creech Road Elementary in Garner, Davis Drive Elementary in Cary and Durant Road Elementary in Raleigh -- this weekend. School board and district leaders are still working out whether they can take legal action over what they say was improper construction.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wake schools need $2B in facility improvements in next 5 years]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[That's according to a draft report of the district's facility needs survey. It was put together by a third-party based on school documents and interviews with school leaders.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nearly 300,000 North Carolina college-goers are in default, owing billions in student loans]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Student loan repayments were mostly paused from 2020 to 2024. Now, defaults on student loans have nearly doubled in the past year, and millions are trying to get their lives back on track.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Durant Road Elementary School teachers, students will start year in different building]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Year-round teachers at Durant Road Elementary School in Raleigh will start their school year in a different building on Monday.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:29:45 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Construction work underway: fixing structural issues at 3 Wake County elementary schools]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Repairs start this weekend. Teachers and students at one school will start the year at another school.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:28:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[As suspension numbers drop, Durham Public Schools credits restorative practices]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Data presented to the Durham Public School Board earlier this year shows a decrease in suspensions, and the district is crediting its focus on restorative practices.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:40:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bittersweet moments of joy as Gaza celebrates high school graduations without schools]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(CNN) — Doaa Musallem’s high school grades were so good that she got a congratulatory call from the Palestinian Minister of Education.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:01:01 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former Durham superintendent abruptly resigns from role in Buffalo after less than a year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pascal Mubenga resigned after less than a year in office as the superintendent in Buffalo, New York.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:32:37 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wake board approves repairs at 3 schools, questions whether they'll be ready in time for school year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Wake County Board of Education approved 9-0 Monday emergency construction contracts --- for a still-to-be-determined amount of money --- at three schools with significant structural concerns that could affect the start of the school year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:26:50 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NC superintendent wants to hear from parents on advisory council]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Previous Superintendent Catherine Truitt similarly had a parent advisory council. Green's begins a year and a half into his tenure, as a part of his strategic plan, which includes a promise to engage families as "informed partners." He expects to appoint 16 to 24 members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:55:35 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Three Wake schools need emergency repairs before school starts]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The issues "prevent safe occupancy by students," according to the school district.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:23:09 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Feds say NC special education still needs improvement. What they say still isn't working]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A report by the U.S. Department of Education is the latest to raise concerns about special education in North Carolina, which families and advocates for thousands of students with disabilities have long contended is drastically underfunded.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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