Miranda Roberts
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Wilmington, NC, United States
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UNCW Chief of Staff Max Allen leaving for Clemson University post
WILMINGTON | The University of North Carolina Wilmington will soon be losing another top administrator. → Read More
CFCC program at center of controversy undergoes changes
WILMINGTON | A Cape Fear Community College program at the center of a controversy involving former president Ted Spring is undergoing major changes. → Read More
Brunswick school officials redact minutes from meeting that led to Pruden's firing
BRUNSWICK COUNTY | The closed session minutes from a Nov. 12 special meeting of the Brunswick County Board of Education – a meeting that resulted in the board firing its now-former superintendent Edward Pruden – are mostly redacted in response to a public records request made by the StarNews. → Read More
Spring rescinds resignation, wants CFCC post back
WILMINGTON | Cape Fear Community College former president Ted Spring on Wednesday rescinded his resignation and demanded reinstatement, according to a letter from his attorney. → Read More
Tougher GED standards thwart students
WILMINGTON | The GED Testing Service saw a plunge in the number of people earning the high school equivalency diploma in 2014 – the first year of a revamped, computer-based General Educational Development test aligned with Common Core standards. → Read More
Career and Technical Education classes go beyond wrenches and recipes
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. | Career and Technical Education has evolved from its vocational roots. While those roots still run deep – the days of shop class and home economics are far from obsolete – CTE is adapting to technology and making changes to align with industry, the job market and student interests, school officials say. → Read More
What does it take for teachers to make the grade?
Making sure the best teachers are available to all students – regardless of their socioeconomic status – is the goal of the U.S. Department of Education's “Excellent Educators for All” initiative. → Read More
Victim shot at close range at Murphy station; unborn child dies
WILMINGTON | The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office on Saturday released the names of those involved in a double murder-suicide that left two men and an unborn child dead and one woman critically injured Friday afternoon in Monkey Junction. → Read More
Majority of area schools earn C or higher in state grading
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. | At least two-thirds of schools in each of the three area counties earned letter grades of a C or higher on N.C. school report cards released Thursday. → Read More
Commission weighs options for common core in N.C.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY | Will North Carolina keep, revise or toss the Common Core State Standards? → Read More
CFCC President Ted Spring resigns
WILMINGTON | The Cape Fear Community College Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of President Ted Spring on Thursday at its regular meeting. → Read More
Snipes Academy to become year-round magnet school
Snipes Academy of Arts and Design will be moving to a year-round calendar beginning with the 2016-17 school year, becoming the first year-round magnet school in New Hanover County. But year-round is not new to the school system – in fact, it's a growing trend. → Read More
Pender schools move ahead on teacher pay plan
Teachers at Pender County schools might receive additional pay based on performance, where they teach and what they teach during the 2015-16 school year. → Read More
Event highlights achievements of black men in Wilmington area
All lives matter – including those of black men. → Read More
New Hanover County school officials share priorities with lawmakers
Restored funding for driver's education, teacher assistants and instructional resources. Funding growth in schools. Salary increases for veteran teachers. Allowing local districts flexibility with the academic calendar. → Read More
Record-setting temps greet Wilmington residents
There's no snow in the forecast for Thursday, but Wilmington is likely to set new records for both the lowest low and the lowest high temperatures in recorded history, according to a National Weather Service forecast. → Read More
Power returns to parts of Brunswick County after more than a day
A power failure left 1,302 Duke Energy customers without power Sunday and Monday in the areas of Caswell Beach and Bald Head Island. → Read More
Library gives children access to technology
Books line the shelves of the children's department at the main branch of the New Hanover County Public Library, but reading is not the only kind of literacy children develop here. Improving technological literacy is also a focus. → Read More
CFCC students build remotely operated underwater vehicles
The subject matter of an upcoming motion picture will be familiar to many Marine Technology students at Cape Fear Community College. → Read More
Area has kids activities for winter break covered
There are no frozen ponds or lakes to skate on in the Wilmington area, but that's not stopping area families from taking part in the traditional winter activity indoors. → Read More