Thousands of students in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will stay home from class today due to a planned women’s strike in honor of International Women’s Day.
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Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled his first two-year state budget proposal March 1, prioritizing education and other issues he emphasized on the campaign trail.
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President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in his first major speech since the inauguration Tuesday night. Here are some of his main talking points.
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A Jewish day school in Durham received an anti-Semitic bomb threat Wednesday, joining a recent wave of anti-Semitic acts across the country.
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Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday his plan to take steps to increase average teacher pay without raising taxes.
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North Carolina ranked first among states for employment of women in the technology sector, according to the 2017 North Carolina State of Technology Industry Report.
Read More »Each year, more than a half a million students arriving on campuses nationwide are not ready for college classes, according to findings from the Hechinger Report.
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A GoFundMe campaign criticizing Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., for his support of Betsy DeVos — President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education — has received over $6,300 in donations in five days, with the Senate voting on her confirmation Tuesday.
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Ephesus Elementary School in Chapel Hill will celebrate Black History Month in February by engaging students in an array of activities and projects.
Read More »Since the General Assembly lifted a 100-school cap on charter schools in 2011, the number of North Carolina charter schools has grown to 168 and student enrollment has more than doubled.
Read More »A former teacher at Charlotte Catholic High School is suing after being fired following an announcement that he was to marry his same-sex partner.
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Jackson Olsen is the founding principal of Henderson Collegiate High School, a former teacher with Teach for America and a doctoral student at the UNC School of Education.
Read More »A hearing to discuss the constitutionality of a part of a law affecting educational authority in North Carolina has been delayed upon a request from state officials.
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Beginning next school year, 19 low-performing public schools in North Carolina will operate with the flexibility usually given only to charter schools. The schools will have more freedom in determining regulations like school calendar dates and budgeting.
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The potential closure of two North Carolina charter schools has prompted controversy about their intentions and funding.
Read More »Schools in wealthier districts are receiving more state funds than their low-income counterparts, according to a study by the N.C. General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division released Nov. 14.
Read More »School bomb threats have been rising according to a new study that found a 1,461 percent increase in bomb threats to schools across the country since November 2011.
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Lisa Kukla describes East Chapel Hill High School as a pressure cooker.
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By Bole Stanley Senior Writer Graig Meyer began Monday’s meeting with the League of Women Voters of Orange, Durham and Chatham Counties by addressing the elephant in the room. Meyer began his speech by saying although the recent election had many feeling anxious, there was much reason for optimism, and then engaging the crowd in an exercise where each person in the audience shared something they appreciated about our democracy and something they were hopeful could change.
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In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, Windsor, North Carolina once again finds itself facing a town-wide cleanup.
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