When Jermaine Porter wanted to better understand the experience of boys of color in Durham Public Schools, he asked them. Not in just any setting,…
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After kindergarteners take their seats at a small octagonal table at Lakewood Elementary School, their teacher tells them in Spanish to pick up a blue…
If you’re a yuppie, or soon-to-be yuppie, on Facebook in Durham, it’s hard to escape the somewhat mysterious advertisements for something called Union Member House.…
A Bull City Classrooms volunteer paints a stairwell at E.K Powe Elementary School. Photo by Arturo Pérez. When Lakewood Elementary School Principal James Hopkins unlocked…
Lakewood Elementary School, nestled in a neighborhood adjacent to Duke Forest, has a relatively new principal. James Hopkins has been principal for a little more…
North Carolina has been rating school performance on an A-through-F scale since 2013-14, when the Republican-led state legislature started the letter-grading system. Schools are assessed…
She’s still asking her question when the first hand shoots up. Within seconds, every student at the table has a hand in the air. Sylvia…
In Durham County, the number of ballots cast during early voting is likely to be double that of the 2014 midterm election, according to Derek…
Durham public schools will close Thursday in anticipation of heavy rains from Hurricane Michael, school officials announced today. “Due to the probability of travel conditions…
The state isn’t providing enough money for schools, so business and community leaders say it’s time for the community to pitch in. They have started…