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Mainland universities offer education for Puerto Rican students displaced by hurricane

By Becca Heilman | January 10

As the spring semester begins on many university campuses in the United States, some mainland schools have opened their doors to Puerto Rican students ...

Students at East Chapel Hill High School spend time outside after school is let out.

Orange County Schools struggle to cap class size for NC legislation

By Ashley Peterson | January 9

North Carolina school districts are facing a funding crisis. In Orange County, voters approved a $120 million-dollar bond in November 2016 to renovate ...

PROSPER Act could make first changes to Higher Education Act since 2008

By Blake Weaver | December 4

A proposed U.S. House bill by the Committee on Education and the Workforce could bring sweeping reform to higher education policy.

Q&A with Durham Public Schools Superintendent Pascal Mubenga

By Rachel McKinney | November 30

Pascal Mubenga is the new superintendent for Durham Public Schools. Staff writer Rachel McKinney talked with Mubenga about his thoughts on the new job ...

Girl code: University programs promote women and girls in STEM

By Mitra Norowzi | November 20

Despite research showing increased diversity of work teams yields better performance in the technology sector, the industry is still plagued by a lack ...

St. Gregory’s University is the latest of string of small colleges set to close

By Ryan Smoot | November 14

St. Gregory’s University — a small, private, Catholic institution in Oklahoma — announced last week its plans to suspend all operations after the ...

'They’ve paid their time': Ex-felons face barriers in seeking higher ed

By Ryan Smoot | November 9

Directors of prison education initiatives across the nation are finding that many of their formerly incarcerated students, despite individual merit, are ...

Strayer, Capella merger continues conversation about for-profit colleges

By Mitra Norowzi | November 9

Strayer Education Inc. and Capella Education Company announced Oct. 30 the two for-profit universities will merge. This all-stock merger will result in ...

Some students in North Carolina pay tuition for public schools

By Rachel Jones | November 8

This year, 20 Orange County Schools students' and their families did something that seems antithetical to attending a public primary or secondary school ...

Taxing, funding and a tale of two school districts

By Rebecca Ayers | November 6

For more than 100 years, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools System has had a special tax, providing additional funding to the district — a tax Orange ...

Selective universities accepting fewer low-income students, study finds

By Blake Weaver | November 6

A new report by New America has found that colleges are accepting fewer low-income students than they were 20 years ago.

Weaver Street Market hosts fundraiser for students in Orange County Schools

By Claire Willmschen | October 31

Weaver Street Market in Hillsborough began a fundraiser at the end of this past summer with Orange County Schools to raise money to help feed children ...

CHCCS Principal of the Year John Williams

Q&A with John Williams, CHCCS Principal of the Year

By Jacquelyn Melinek | October 30

John Williams is the principal at Phoenix Academy High School in Chapel Hill and was recently named Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Principal of the ...

Fayetteville State granted $8.2 million for GEAR UP college prep programs

By Blake Weaver | October 29

Fayetteville State University will receive $8.2 million over the next seven years for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs. ...

Orange County Schools works on advanced course achievement gap

By Rachel Jones | October 29

The students at Orange County Schools that enrolled in Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and Project Lead the Way courses took a total of ...

Orange County Schools remains positive about concussion awareness despite recent injuries

By Rachel Jones | October 29

It was hard to take a positive stance on concussion avoidance in Orange County Schools on Oct. 23, but Emily Gaddy tried her best to.

Public school children protest passing the HB13 bill during a protest in Raleigh on April 19.

State Senate passes class size compromise bill

By Bailey Aldridge | April 27

The N.C. Senate passed a compromise Tuesday to extend the deadline for schools to meet new class size requirements until fall 2018 — a year later than ...

Chapel Hill High School’s proposed plans to remodel include two entirely new academic school buildings.

Chapel Hill High School proposing renovation plans for school buildings

By Ashton Eleazer | April 26

=Chapel Hill High School has proposed plans to remodel with a 163,000 sq. ft. expansion, which would include demolishing current academic buildings and ...

Public school children exhort passing the HB13 bill during a protest in Raleigh

Parents and students rally for bill to preserve music, art and PE classes

By Natalie Short | April 20

Crayon-drawn signs in hand, N.C. public school parents and kids rallied in Raleigh Wednesday in support of House Bill 13.

Black students have higher graduation if taught by black teachers, study finds

By Jared Weber | April 17

Low-income black students are far more likely to graduate high school and consider a college education if they have had black elementary school teachers, ...