Summer school Coverage

Fayetteville State offers free tuition, room, board for summer sessions, and students are eager to take advantage

For many students, summer school is something to be avoided, but not at Fayetteville State University. There, summer enrollment is setting records.

Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter

1 in 3 NC third-graders 'retained' for reading this year, state data show

The new report shows how summer school went for some grade levels, in the first summer reading program after a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated learning disruptions.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

Some gains, but mostly the same for students who completed Wake summer school

Slowed student progress during the COVID-19 pandemic prompted North Carolina schools to invite hundreds of thousands of K-12 students "at-risk" of not progressing to the next grade level to attend summer school.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

Citing employee shortage, Wake pauses track-out learning program for year-round students

The summer learning program is required as a part of Session Law 2021-7, and districts have funded much of it using federal COVID-19 stimulus funds meant to address accelerating the learning of students who have fallen behind during the pandemic.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter and Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

Data shows most Roanoke Rapids students didn't finish summer school

But data obtained by WRAL News showed that only a fraction of the students invited to summer school in Roanoke Rapids this year completed the program.

Family demands answers after they say Elizabeth City-Pasquotank teachers used racist terms to refer to their son

The district said it would investigate the incident more than a month ago, but the status of the investigation is unclear.

Keenan Willard, WRAL Eastern North Carolina reporter

NC DHHS plans to slim down school COVID-19 rules

The rules will be scaled down only to what DHHS has found to be effective measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The North Carolina State Board of Education heard from DHHS Thursday, heard an update on summer learning programs and revoked the charters of two schools set to open next month.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

Lack of internet access made learning during pandemic difficult

Virtual learning during the pandemic was particularly hard on students in rural North Carolina because of limited internet access, so in-person summer learning camps are trying to get students caught up before the new school year starts in August.

Summer school programs in eastern NC look to offset impacts of virtual learning, digital divide

Virtual learning during the pandemic was particularly hard on students in rural North Carolina because of limited internet access, so in-person summer learning camps are trying to get students caught up before the new school year starts in August.

Keenan Willard, WRAL Eastern North Carolina reporter

Teachers eager to help with summer school, NC superintendent says

Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt says summer school will be critical to helping students get back on track after a year when most of the learning was done at home during the pandemic.

Wake County Board of Education approves summer teaching incentives, discusses new SRO agreement and changes to school start times

Wake County Public School System certified employees who sign up as summer learning program instructors will make $45 per hour of more, under incentives approved by the county Board of Education on Tuesday.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

Summer enrollment is typically low, and NC school districts are trying to change that this year

North Carolina educators have just weeks to go before they begin their biggest-ever summer learning programs, serving potentially hundreds of thousands of students at risk of not moving up to the next grade level.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

NC State Board of Education approves new summer school guidance

The North Carolina State Board of Education approved Monday summer school guidelines, spurred by a new state law requiring every school district to offer an in-person summer school program.

Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter

Senate panel debates phonics education, summer school plan

The Senate Education committee takes up bills that call for emphasizing phonics in elementary schools to boost literacy and propose an extended summer school to help students who have struggled with online classes during the pandemic.

House panel tweaks summer school proposal

The House K-12 Education committee passes several amendments to legislation requiring school districts to provide an extended summer school session to help students who have fallen behind in months of remote learning during the pandemic.

Pandemic summer school plan a work in progress

Days after legislation was filed to require school districts across North Carolina to provide an extended summer school to help students who struggled with online classes during the coronavirus pandemic, details of the program have already changed.

Logistics of lawmakers' proposed summer school quickly changing

Days after legislation was filed to require school districts across North Carolina to provide an extended summer school to help students who struggled with online classes during the coronavirus pandemic, details of the program have already changed.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Schools would have to provide extended summer session, but students wouldn't have to go

State lawmakers have proposed a six-week summer school session to help students make up some of the ground lost in remote learning over the past year during the coronavirus pandemic.

Lawmakers propose 6 weeks of summer school to help NC students make up for learning lost during pandemic

State lawmakers have proposed a six-week summer school session to help students make up some of the ground lost in remote learning over the past year during the coronavirus pandemic.

Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor, & Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

House speaker discusses NC summer school plan

House Speaker Tim Moore discusses plans for a longer summer school to help North Carolina students make up ground lost in online classes during the pandemic.

NC House Speaker: Consider new summer school program for failing students

With pandemic-related closures threatening a massive loss in learning, House Speaker Tim Moore floats the idea for a summer school on steroids.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Non-traditional summer programs provide choice-based credit recovery opportunities

More students are choosing non traditional summer programs to meet state-mandated course requirements for graduation.

David Larson, freelance reporter