DURHAM—Matthew M. Sears, a math teacher at Hillside New Tech High School, is the 2008 SunTrust Gold Star Teacher of the Year for Durham Public Schools. The announcement came at a banquet hosted by Su...
Kenneth E. Barnes, Principal of Shepard Middle School, has been named Principal of Southern High School. He will replace Rod Teal, who has been appointed Principal of Fayetteville Street Element...
DURHAM—Elizabeth Shearer, Principal of Lakewood Elementary School, has been named Principal of the new City of Medicine Academy (CMA), opening in August 2008....
GlaxoSmithKline U.S. Community Partnerships has awarded a $100,000 grant to improve student achievement at Chewning Middle School in Durham, North Carolina through the use of student assessments, tech...
Riverside High School senior Sarah Brown has been appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD for the 2008-09 school year....
The number of Durham Public Schools students dropping out of school decreased slightly once again during the 2006-07 academic year. The district’s dropout rate has fallen below the average dropo...