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The General Assembly, Cooper haven't budged on N.C.'s budget

By Michael Taffe | August 20

With the last fiscal year having come to a close in June, changes were expected to be made to the state budget, especially where Medicaid, teacher pay ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools community takes stress off teachers with free supplies

By Jamey Cross | August 20

During the 13th Annual Teacher Supply Store, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Community gave their teachers the opportunity to shop for school supplies ...

Orange County Schools begins interviews in search for a superintendent

By Jamey Cross | August 19

The Orange County Board of Education has 30 candidates for the superintendent position, after the former superintendent stepped down in June. The board ...

E3 camp provides students opportunity to explore STEM fields with hands-on approach

By Marin Wolf | July 23

Programming robots is not how most students spend their summers; but for students at the Empowering Excellence through Education (E3) Camp it’s just ...

CHCCS students to send WWII vets to Normandy for 75th anniversary of D-Day

By Dylan Lamphier | May 30

In honor of the anniversary of D-Day, these students helped honor two veterans with a fully-funded trip to Normandy.

Column: What I love about sports, on and off the field

May 27

Camaraderie that not even free food can facilitate. OC Voice columnist Luke Vermeer talks about the important role that sports have played on his high ...

Orange County teacher resigns, charged after making threats to "shoot up the school"

May 22

An Orange County elementary school teacher was charged with a felony following a threat to the school made by the teacher

Orange County School Board's reorganization faced criticism at their Monday meeting

May 21

Community members voiced their criticisms of the Orange County Board of Education's moderately unexpected reorganization.

Orange County Schools board chair accused of blackface in photo from school skit

By Marin Wolf | May 20

The Daily Tar Heel received a letter from an anonymous sender containing a picture of current Orange County School Board Chair Will Atherton with a brown ...

A Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools bus drives toward Chapel Hill High School.

Seven cases of whooping cough appear at Glenwood Elementary

By Marin Wolf | May 2

This is not the only whooping cough outbreak in CHCCS this year.

Senators discuss including accountability in Higher Education Act reauthorization

By Blake Weaver | April 23

Democratic senators across the country have been discussing how to create accountability for colleges and universities on student loan defaulting. ...

Orange County Schools superintendent to leave in June

By Veronica Correa | April 23

Wirt has been the Orange County Schools superintendent since June 2015 and previously worked at the Wake County Public School System and the Mooresville ...

Here's what you missed at last week's CHCCS Board of Education meeting

By Jamey Cross | April 22

The board discussed the disproportionality in disciplinary actions on the basis of race, voting on the new member and the renovations for Frank Porter ...

New Hope Elementary School teacher suspended amid child pornography investigation

By Jonny Cook | April 16

Investigators are not currently aware of any students at New Hope Elementary being the subject of photographs.

Here's what's happening with the Blue Ribbon Mentor program at CHCCS

By Sean Leider | April 14

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System has been accused of making decisions about the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program without including the ...

CHCCS Superintendent speaks on unity, improvement in State of the Schools address

By Jamey Cross | April 11

Following the second annual State of the Schools address, CCHCS superintendent, Pamela Baldwin, commits to improvement in a three-step plan.

Students for Education Reform gathered outside of the General Assembly Building in Raleigh in 2014, calling for a raise in wages for teachers and a new respect for the job. SFER consists of college students from all over the state, including Duke, East Carolina, UNC-CH, and Wake Forest.

N.C. teachers are preparing to head to Raleigh for a 'Day of Action' in May

By Crystal Yu | April 10

"The other thing that I just want to reflect on is how the advocacy last year really hit the press. I think it really, really showed the state the importance ...