WUNC

Restart Program Gives Some School Officials Flexibility To Think Outside The Box

School administrators often complain that they lack flexibility when it comes to improving their schools academically. In response, state education officials created the Restart program two years ago ...
WFAE

Restart Program Gives Some Low-Performing Schools Flexibility To Help Struggling Students

Goldsboro High School in Wayne County is now a Restart School For the past two years, some North Carolina schools have embarked on an experiment that could herald a new era in the state’s public ...

Labor Department provides $81M for training of formerly incarcerated

The agency said the funding is aimed at helping people gain experience and secure employment in skilled trades and ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A new MATC scholarship program wipes out the debt of students who dropped out and gives them a second chance to graduate

More than anything else in the world, Jennifer Nuno, a Milwaukee mother of two, wants her sons to be proud of her. She was just a senior in high school when she became pregnant with her first son, ...
WRAL

After years of struggles, more than 100 NC schools hope new program will lead to success

More than 100 North Carolina public schools are part of a statewide experiment known as Restart. The program allows some of the lowest-performing schools to have more flexibility like charter schools.
WTVD

Principals share experience with WCPSS Restart Program to improve schools

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Leaders of the Wake County Public School System got a chance to hear from principals about the future of the Restart Program, which is helping turn around schools that have been ...