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“I can create the most engaging lesson,” a teacher wrote. “But I can’t compete with TikTok.”

“Weve got to start talking about this in a way that people understand it,” a school official said. “You can tell Im a little upset that people dont get this.”

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More than two years after flooding along the Pigeon River and its tributaries killed half a dozen people and destroyed businesses, cars and homes from...

Mental health support for students, welcome center for families contribute to school divisions equity plans.

Asheville-based McGill Associates will begin work to provide emergency watershed protection in areas affected by Tropical Storm Fred after Haywood com...

We've been covering all the various SLAPP suits filed by Devin Nunes against his critics, journalists, political operatives, and...

A Democratic activist still needs thousands of signatures to advance a proposed referendum on whether Roanoke should elect its school board. But Luke Priddy said his petition drive has some support, including from a city council member, and is preparing to launch what Priddy hopes will be a more eye-catching phase of the effort. “I have 500 yard signs that just arrived recently that are in my garage,” he said Thursday. If he submits the signatures of 6,500 registered voters who live i...

Thirteen Roanokers have applied for three open seats on the Roanoke School Board, including educators, attorneys, a doctor and an assistant city manager. This is the largest number of applicants the city has received since 2017. The board is guaranteed to gain at least two new members on July 1. Laura Rottenborn, chief of the Western District of Virginia’s civil division, did not reapply for a third term. Dick Willis, an industrial digitization leader for Trane Technologies, is ineligible ...