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No. 12 UNC men's basketball falls to Michigan State, 94-91, in overtime of Maui Invitational's third place game

| November 28

Education

TFA lecture challenges education status quo

By Lobke Van Meijel | November 4

Instead of getting a complete list of steps to fix educational opportunity gaps, students who attended Robyn Fehrman's lecture Tuesday night were introduced ...

North Carolina sees South Carolina incident

By Lauren Hong | November 2

A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy is facing national scrutiny after a video caught him forcefully removing an African-American student from her classroom, ...

Q&A with policy analyst Matt Ellinwood on Obama's suggested testing requirements

By Audrey Wells | October 29

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People of color have 'no voice' in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school system, says racial equity group

By Rachel Bridges | October 28

At a press conference Wednesday, community members addressed the racial inequalities present in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School System.

Teacher turnover on the rise in NC

By Hari Chittilla | October 13

Teachers might not be here to stay, according to a recent report released by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.

Wake County to see increase in teacher salaries

By Anica Midthun | October 12

Teachers in the Wake County Public School System might have a higher salary next year after county commissioners proposed a raise funded independently ...

NC schooled on teacher treatment

By Sierra Dunne | September 30

North Carolina ranked worst in the country — save West Virginia — for teachers in 2015, according to a recent WalletHub report.

School choice divides NC education

By Corey Risinger | September 17

Not all North Carolinians are eager to cash in private school vouchers, concerned by a trend towards education’s privatization.

Former governors give audience an education

By Corey Risinger | September 10

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NC lottery draws losing card with critics

By Benji Schwartz | September 4

While the state legislature considers expanding the N.C. Education Lottery, experts claim it reaps low rewards and bears an unseen cost to the state — ...

PACE Academy charter records released

By Lauren Miller | September 1

The controversy surrounding PACE Academy sparked again at a hearing Monday as the state Board of Education’s Department of Public Instruction released ...

Schools see unequal punishment for students

By Mary Helen Moore | August 28

Shari Smith is a senior at Chapel Hill High School who rarely gets into trouble.

NC teachers to receive one-time $750 bonus

By Nick Niedzwiadek | August 26

By Nick Niedzwiadek Senior Writer The state’s two-month overdue budget glacially neared completion Wednesday as the legislature reached an agreement ...

Omar Currie, a former teacher at Efland Cheeks Elementary school, reads from children's book "King and King" at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Currie resigned from the school after a controversy emerged over Currie reading the book, which features a marriage between gay characters, to his third-grade class.

Former Efland Cheeks teacher joins Chapel Hill panel on diversity in education

By Claire Nielsen | July 9

Omar Currie, a former third-grade teacher at Efland Cheeks Elementary School, didn't think he was doing something brave when he read a children's book ...

Senate proposes teacher assistant cuts

By Nicole Caporaso | July 9

Thousands of N.C. teacher assistants are uncertain of their job status come August as they await the state legislature’s final budget for the next two ...

Public housing residents to receive free internet access

By Claire Nielsen | May 14

Some students might use their internet connections mostly to check social media accounts, upload photos or watch viral videos.

Community members discuss racism in schools at Board of Education meeting

By Claire Nielsen | May 8

Teachers, students and parents discussed race relations in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools at a Board of Education meeting Thursday. The board heard ...

A rundown of the NC General Assembly's latest bills

By Sharon Nunn and Sarah Brown | April 20

Possum Drop could return The North Carolina Possum Drop tradition — which had comedian John Oliver in fits of laughter during his visit to Durham in ...

Bill would prevent NC schools from teaching about Plan B

By Yoon Ju Chung | April 13

North Carolina public schools might no longer be able to teach about the effectiveness and safety of emergency contraceptive methods like Plan B if an ...

NC teacher scholarship would target rural school districts

By Corey Risinger | March 31

As the last graduates of the N.C. Teaching Fellows program are handed their diplomas in May, a bill currently in the state Senate might help fill the ...