Carter in the classroom

A question on a lot of parents’ minds is what is the plan to help children make up for lost education time from the pandemic. During the week of Sept. 20 Education Reporter Wayne Carter will look into the issues schools face and press leaders for a way forward.

Monday morning the Today Show dedicated an hour to ‘Coronavirus in the Classroom.’ The special town hall featured the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Secretary of Education answering questions from educators gathered on the plaza as well as from reporters at NBC stations joined remotely with questions from students. NBC 5’s Wayne...

The Today Show devoted an hour to ‘Coronavirus in the Classroom’ and invited North Texas students and NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter to contribute to the conversation.

The Today Show devoted an hour to ‘Coronavirus in the Classroom’ and invited North Texas students and NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter to contribute to the conversation.

One of the nation’s top lobbyists for teachers was in Texas this week advocating to get kids back in the classroom, while supporting the Dallas ISD Mask mandate.

While the debate over masks in schools continue, some parents are more concerned with the lack of contact tracing.

While the debate over masks in schools continue, some parents are more concerned with the lack of contact tracing.

Some North Texas school districts are still searching to get fully staffed and the job is tougher this year as there is a teacher shortage going on across the country. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter takes a look at how districts are trying to get fully staffed.

Students in some North Texas Schools are still without a teacher… as districts work around the clock to fill remaining vacancies.

Public colleges won’t require masks, for now, but will require routine COVID-19 testing.

Districts across Texas have a new program in which Spectrum and AT&T will go to the homes of students in need and connect high-speed internet free of charge.

Colleyville Heritage High School students are speaking up for principal James Whitfield, who they say is being unfairly targeted.

Colleyville Heritage High School students are speaking up for principal James Whitfield, who they say is being unfairly targeted.

A North Texas school district asked a principal to remove a photo of him and his wife not due to race but because of questionable poses in other pictures.

A North Texas school district asked a principal to remove a photo of him and his wife not due to race but because of questionable poses in other pictures. Wayne Carter reports.

Duncanville ISD and Garland ISD all students are back in the classroom under new rules from the governor which don’t require masks in the building.

Garland ISD is offering students the opportunity to graduate from high school with a diploma, an associate’s degree and a certification in fire science through a partnership with the city’s fire department.

Garland ISD is offering students the opportunity to graduate from high school with a diploma, an associate’s degree and a certification in fire science through a partnership with the city’s fire department.

School is the start of some of the best innovations out there and a student from Frisco ISD is the inventor of a new product that just may change the way we all charge our cell phones.

School is the start of some of the best innovations out there and a student from Frisco ISD is the inventor of a new product that just may change the way we all charge our cell phones.