
Noelle E. C. Evans
Education reporter/producerNoelle E. C. Evans is an education reporter/producer with a background in documentary filmmaking and education.
Noelle previously worked in Quito, Ecuador, for a Latin American media organization. She has a nuanced understanding of the need for freedom of the press, and is conversational in Spanish.
Noelle is a BBC Grace Wyndham Goldie scholar (2016) and has worked with BBC Radio Wales and the BBC World Service. She received her master's degree in international journalism from Cardiff University in Wales, one of the top 10 ranking journalism schools in the U.K. Noelle was awarded the university’s USA Excellence Scholarship in 2016.
She began as an intern at WXXI in 2014.
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For about 100 years, some Seneca people have worked to revitalize their language, which was nearly wiped out when the U.S. government forced generations of Native American children to attend more than 400 boarding schools that operated in the 19th and 20th centuries. The goal of those boarding schools was identity erasure.
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Voters in suburban school districts across New York state decided the direction their school boards will take in the coming years. Local schools may see a dramatic juxtaposition in ideologies on school boards around the region.
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About 15 students of color at Edison Career and Technology High school are taking a women in welding workshop. Right now, they’re constructing an artistic metal bench.
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The U.S. directly targeted Native American children for cultural assimilation, and the schools were central to a broader plan to remove Indigenous people from their land.“This is among the original sins of this country, and the fact that the truth is finally coming to light is deeply emotional, and it's important,” said Crystal Echo Hawk.
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In a narrow vote, the Rochester City School Board Tuesday night passed the district’s budget of just under $1 billion for the next school year. The final vote was 4 to 3 in favor.
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Rochester school board votes to increase meal spending, calls for more anti-racism teacher trainingsThe school board voted on Thursday to raise the city district’s budget for food services by $2.5 million after a presentation by district officials.
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A School of the Arts teacher is on administrative leave and an investigation is underway after parents and students raised concerns over a social studies lesson on slavery.
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The Rochester City School District’s teachers union leadership is troubled by what they say is a tone of animosity toward educators.
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One of the hot items within the city school district and school board's deliberations was a budget cut in food services of just over $3 million dollars.
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It’s part of a statewide “trash blitz” to clean up roads.