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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

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 ...

New assessment adopted by CHCCS to identify student needs

By Elise McGlothian | September 23

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will now use a student assessment tool that will give teachers immediate feedback regarding a student’s grade-level ...

On new AP US History curriculum, a pushback

By Corey Risinger | September 18

High school students get testing anxiety — and, this fall, they’re not the only ones sweating with the implementation of a new Advanced Placement ...

Hungry students find help at TABLE

By Morgan Swift | September 18

Hundreds of Chapel Hill-Carrboro elementary school students do not have to worry about going hungry on the weekends, thanks to the nonprofit organization ...

Q&A on education in Gaza with Middle East expert Nadia Yaqub

By Caroline Lamb | September 16

The most recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict caused destruction, overcrowding and sheltering in schools, some of which are run by the United Nations Relief ...

Common Core could face end in NC

By Benji Schwartz | September 15

The Common Core, a set of national standards for measuring student achievement in K-12 English and math, is in limbo in North Carolina following state ...

Durham cuts ties with Teach For America

By Nick Niedzwiadek | September 10

Teach For America has been on UNC’s campus this week trying to recruit students to join its postgraduate teaching program — but Durham Public ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools balances budget — at a cost

By Rachel Herzog | September 7

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools achieved a balanced budget for the 2014-15 school year and an increase in teacher pay, but at a significant cost.

Chapel Hill High School teachers criticize school culture

By Claire Nielsen | August 25

When Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools started Monday, not everyone was excited to begin the new year.

Civitas Institute targets teachers’ group

By Tat'yana Berdan | August 24

Seven billboards along Interstate 40, Interstate 85 and other highly trafficked areas statewide are catching North Carolina teachers’ attention by asking ...

State teacher pay increases, but concerns still linger

By Sharon Nunn | August 19

As details surrounding the average 7 percent pay raise for North Carolina public school teachers become more concrete, mixed feelings persist.

PACE Academy works on compliance issues

By Zoe Schaver | August 18

PACE Academy will need its parents and students to be as invested as PACE’s Board of Directors in keeping the school open for the foreseeable future. ...