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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
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Two Triangle professionals will be speaking at the GreenNC 2014 symposium in Raleigh Thursday, presenting their work on Northside Elementary.
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UNC senior Kamaira Philips is lending her voice to a larger stage.
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Strobe lights, dancing children and glow sticks characterized the final day of Northside Elementary School’s Kick for Kindness anti-bullying week.
Read More »The National Council on Teacher Quality recently released a report implying that teacher education programs are less rigorous than other fields of study — but some education deans are disputing the findings.
Read More »A state snapshot released Thursday by a national advocacy group declared North Carolina secondary schools “not safe” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.
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A poster at the front of the room stated the facts: 91 percent white, 5.9 percent black, 3.1 percent Asian, 0 percent Hispanic, 80 percent men, 20 percent women, 29 Republicans, two Democrats.
Read More »Come next summer, Chapel Hill parents will have a new option for preschool and day care — Montessori Academy of Chapel Hill plans to open a new location at 1510 E. Franklin St.
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Today is the early action deadline for UNC, and thousands of high school seniors will send in their applications in order to be considered for early acceptance.
Read More »Community leaders talked about how to prevent bullying in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at a panel discussion Monday night — but not many people were there to hear the message.
Read More »Nearly half of North Carolina's school districts began formative assessments of kindergarteners this fall — though the 4- and 5-year-old students won't be taking pencil-and-paper tests.
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Anna Yudina traveled more than 5,000 miles from Moscow to study at the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. She didn’t expect the center would fail to get the money that would have paid her tuition.
Read More »After coming from an underperforming high school on the outskirts of Los Angeles, UNC alumnus Preston Smith is determined to give every student a chance for a top-notch education, regardless of where they grew up.
Read More »They come up through Mexico, most from El Salvador and Honduras, alone and underage, fleeing the possibility of rape, assault and kidnapping. What will happen to them once they reach U.S. soil is vague at best.
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With state data revealing that a large achievement gap among students still exists, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is working with a new partner to redevelop its classroom strategies.
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will now use a student assessment tool that will give teachers immediate feedback regarding a student’s grade-level performance.
Read More »High school students get testing anxiety — and, this fall, they’re not the only ones sweating with the implementation of a new Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum.
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Hundreds of Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary school students do not have to worry about going hungry on the weekends, thanks to the nonprofit organization TABLE.
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