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Newton-Conover students have regained 56 lost credits since June thanks to social emotional and behavioral support.

The interim superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says the district needs a 7% increase in county money to pay teachers more. That's essential to meeting academic goals, she says.

All three school boards in Catawba County will meet on Monday night and pandemic mask policies will again top the agendas.

Oakdale Elementary students returned to in-person classes for the second time in mid-February. In the first semester of last school year, 3% of Oakdale Elementary School’s third-graders got a D or F in reading. That was before the pandemic. This year, with a fluctuating mix of remote and in-person classes, 69% of Oakdale’s third-graders fell below a C. That’s one of the more extreme swings, but data on classroom grades provided by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools shows many schools have taken dramatic hits on measures of academic performance during the pandemic. Almost always, they’re sc...