Possum Drop could return The North Carolina Possum Drop tradition — which had comedian John Oliver in fits of laughter during his visit to Durham in December — might be returning this year. A proposal making its way through the legislature would allow a live animal to be part of the Brasstown Possum Drop.
North Carolina public schools might no longer be able to teach about the effectiveness and safety of emergency contraceptive methods like Plan B if an N.C. General Assembly proposal becomes law.
As the last graduates of the N.C. Teaching Fellows program are handed their diplomas in May, a bill currently in the state Senate might help fill the void left by the popular college scholarship.
Students have the chance to intimately discuss sexuality with high school students from across the country today — all without leaving Chapel Hill.
Allison Stewart, a dual language teacher at Frank Porter Graham Elementary in Chapel Hill, turned to social media during this week’s snow days.
A Wake County elementary school is facing opposition from conservative groups for teaching two books that they say contain age-inappropriate material on the Black Panthers, police brutality and illegal immigration.
Crossing party lines and professions, UNC’s James B. Hunt Jr. Institute engages legislators and teachers in an education policy dialogue.
Education policy was a major portion of President Barack Obama's 2015-16 national budget proposal, though analysts acknowledge that many parts of the plan are unlikely to make it through a GOP-controlled Congress.
The long-awaited N.C. public school performance report cards — now featuring letter grades — were released Thursday at a state Board of Education meeting, showing that schools with higher poverty rates tended to receive lower letter grades.
Gov. Pat McCrory touted a sweeping agenda — including education proposals, job creation, revamping dirty buildings and protecting puppies — during his State of the State on Wednesday.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is moving toward more comprehensive and data-driven school counseling programs — an effort that has earned the district national recognition.
CARY — Years before he became governor, Pat McCrory was a student teacher at North Rowan High School preparing to stand in front of a class for the first time.
A 20-year-old lawsuit accusing the state of not providing an adequate education to North Carolina’s public school students returned to court last week.
As the last N.C. Teaching Fellows graduate this spring from UNC-CH, the N.C. General Assembly might consider whether the future of such a program will walk away with them.
The UNC Board of Governors announced Ross' resignation at its meeting Friday. The UNC-system president served for more than four years, navigating the system through budget cuts, the discovery of academic scandal at its flagship university, and its five-year strategic plan.
Online education is trickling down from universities to the K-12 level — and North Carolina will soon experiment with this unusual method of public education, in the form of two virtual charter schools.
The N.C. General Assembly will return to Raleigh for the 2015 legislative session today, leaving policy analysts to speculate about the issues — including K-12 education, higher education, the state budget and Medicaid — that could predominate on lawmakers’ agenda.
Attorney General Roy Cooper’s proposal for cameras on all North Carolina public school buses has gained supportfrom the Child Fatality Task Force and the North Carolina School Boards Association.
Two Triangle professionals will be speaking at the GreenNC 2014 symposium in Raleigh Thursday, presenting their work on Northside Elementary.
UNC senior Kamaira Philips is lending her voice to a larger stage.
