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CMS data issues lead to debate on getting it right
By Ann Doss Helms | E-mail | 1:23AM
As Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continues working on data-accuracy issues, people who care about public education are debating the best path to restore confidence in school measurements.
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Providence High loses band director to cancer
By Steve Lyttle | E-mail | February 11, 2012
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Tuesday night, a little more than a day before he slipped into a coma and two days before he died, Providence High School band director Paul Jackson sent text messages to assistant director Sarah Russell and band boosters president Debbie Thompson.

UNC board OKs tuition increases
By Jane Stancill | E-mail | February 11, 2012
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Surrounded by a raucous student protest, the UNC Board of Governors on Friday approved tuition and fee increases averaging 8.8 percent for in-state undergraduates across the university system for next year.

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