The "Dueling Dinosaurs" exhibit opening this weekend at Raleigh's North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will feature what's believed to be the most complete T. rex skeleton ever discovered.

'Dueling Dinosaurs:' One-of-a-kind dig at Raleigh science museum opens this weekend

DinoLab at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Athens Drive Magnet High School and Conn Magnet Elementary School won national awards Saturday at the Magnet Schools of America's annual conference.

Top two magnet schools in the US are in Wake County

Athens Drive High School

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Nearly half a million North Carolina students have missed so much school lately that they are considered "chronically absent," new data shows -- a distinction that suggests more students are at risk of eventually dropping out.

<p>PURPOSES, NEGOTIATIONS FOR THEIR RELEASE ARE ONGOING. &gt;&gt; NEARLY HALF A MILLION NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS HAVE MISSED SO MUCH SCHOOL. THEY'RE CONSIDERED CHRONICALLY ABSENT RESEARCH FROM STANFORD UNIVERSITY SAID ANY ASSOCIATED PRESS SHOW THAT ABOUT ONE IN 3 NORTH CAROLINA STUDENTS MISSED ABOUT 10% OF DAYS IN THE 2021. 2022 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. WRAL EDUCATION INSIDER EMILY WALKING HORSE SAYS THAT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE AMONG THE REASONS HOUSING, INSTABILITY IS ALSO A CONCERN. &gt;&gt; STUDENTS WHO MISSED THIS MUCH SCHOOL CAN FALL BEHIND IN ONE YEAR AND I CAN JUST SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL. YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE DOING WELL ACADEMICALLY, MAYBE THAT PUT A DAMPER ON YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR SCHOOL AND JUST CREATES MORE CHALLENGES DOWN THE ROAD. &gt;&gt; AND STUDENTS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ABSENT ARE OFTEN MORE LIKELY TO FALL BEHIND THEIR PEERS OR EVEN DROP OUT. THE RESEARCH FINDS THAT EVEN STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL OR SOMETIMES HIT WITH LOTS OF ABSENCES DUE TO TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND BUS DRIVER SHORTAGES FOR A FULL BREAKDOWN. YOU CAN VISIT THE EDUCATION SECTION OF WRAL DOT</p>

Study: Nearly half a million NC students considered 'chronically absent'

State House lawmakers churned through 48 bills in a late-night session Tuesday, trying to beat the legislature's Thursday deadline for policy-related measures to pass either the House or the Senate.

State mammal, online liquor sales, driverless delivery vehicle bills OK'd by NC House in late session

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The State Board of Education heard findings this week from an annual report on statewide dropout data and also received an update from a pilot program in four districts that raised the permissible dropout age from 16 to 18.

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Study: Nearly half a million NC students considered 'chronically absent'

State mammal, online liquor sales, driverless delivery vehicle bills OK'd by NC House in late session

Report shows slight decrease in NC dropouts, mixed results for test to raise dropout age