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20-year education lawsuit returns to NC courts

By Paige Hopkins | January 26

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. ...

NC General Assembly might discuss funding for Teaching Fellows

By Corey Risinger | January 20

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 ...

On social media, state reacts to resignation of UNC-system President Tom Ross

By Amanda Albright | January 16

The UNC Board of Governors announced Ross' resignation at its meeting Friday. The UNC-system president served for more than four years, navigating the ...

Two virtual charter schools set to debut in NC

By Michael Liguori | January 16

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 on state legislature’s new agenda

By Corey Risinger | January 14

The N.C. General Assembly will return to Raleigh for the 2015 legislative session today, leaving policy analysts to speculate about the issues — including ...

Cooper's plan to install school bus cameras gains support

By Jungsu Hong | December 2

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 principal of Northside Elementary, Cheryl Carnahan, stood on the school's roof garden on August 14th, 2014. The garden contains several energy efficient features, including solar tubes and a rainwater cistern.

Northside to be featured at GreenNC symposium

By Morgan Swift | December 1

Two Triangle professionals will be speaking at the GreenNC 2014 symposium in Raleigh Thursday, presenting their work on Northside Elementary.

Kamaira Philips is the founder, president and treasurer of Mind, Body, Spirit Connection, a social and wellness organization at UNC. Philips is leading a community yoga class in the Coker Arboretum at 2 p.m. on Friday.

UNC student, singer competes for art education

By Gabriella Cirelli | December 1

UNC senior Kamaira Philips is lending her voice to a larger stage.

Students at Northside Elementary School in Chapel Hill ended their anti-bulling week on Friday with a glow-stick dance for the entire school.

Students use dance to help prevent bullying

By Aren Besson | November 24

Strobe lights, dancing children and glow sticks characterized the final day of Northside Elementary School’s Kick for Kindness anti-bullying week. ...

Report says teacher education lacks rigor

By Hannah Webster | November 20

The National Council on Teacher Quality recently released a report implying that teacher education programs are less rigorous than other fields of study ...

NC schools receive “not safe” rating for LBGTQ students in survey

By Tat'yana Berdan | November 14

A state snapshot released Thursday by a national advocacy group declared North Carolina secondary schools “not safe” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and ...

Emilio Vicente, senior public policy major from Siler City, leads a discussion on financial aid and other student issues at a meeting for the North Carolina Student Power Union at Campus Y on Wednesday night based around the UNC Board of Governors.

Students teach and learn about BOG representation

By Sarah Brown | November 13

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 ...

Preschool Montessori Academy adds Franklin Street location

By Rachel Herzog | October 29

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 ...

UNC acceptance rate declines

By Acy Jackson | October 15

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. ...

Chapel Hill panel pushes bully prevention

By Hannah Jaggers | October 14

Community leaders talked about how to prevent bullying in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at a panel discussion Monday night — but not many people ...

Kindergarten tests create profiles for children

By Elizabeth Matulis | October 13

Nearly half of North Carolina's school districts began formative assessments of kindergarteners this fall — though the 4- and 5-year-old students ...

Anna Yudina, a second year graduate student in the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies, recently lost her funding from the FLAS scholarship program due to budgeting issues.

Lost scholarship a 'shock to the system'

By Ashlen Renner | October 7

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 ...

UNC alumnus leading the charge for education reform

By Katie Kilmartin | October 6

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 ...

In NC, more migrant children coming to public schools

By Lindsey Brunson | September 25

They come up through Mexico, most from El Salvador and Honduras, alone and underage, fleeing the possibility of rape, assault and kidnapping. What will ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools redeveloping curriculum, focusing on achievement gap

By Rachel Herzog | September 23

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 ...