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PACE Academy has charter renewed

By Zoe Schaver | July 21

Alternative education at PACE Academy will get a second chance — which means several changes for the school in August.

UNC School of Education receives $3 million donation

By Stephanie Lamm | June 30

Battling a tight budget, the UNC School of Education received some much-needed support from a former faculty member.

Science teacher Raymond Thomas chats with his coworkers in the library of Carrboro High School.

Low pay harms K-12 teacher recruitment and retention

By Sharon Nunn | June 23

In 2000 an engineer left an annual salary of $70,000 to teach and nurture students’ passion for science.“Fourteen years later, my pay is still not ...

Orange County superintendent steps down, seat filled by Del Burns

By Aren Besson | May 27

After only a few months since the last appointment, Orange County School System returned to an old favorite to fill the position of superintendent. ...

NC Supreme Court lifts injunction on school vouchers

By Hannah Shaw | May 19

More than 5,500 families who applied for school vouchers await news of their eligibility after the N.C. Supreme Court lifted an injunction that had frozen ...

Vivan Connell, an English as a Second Language teacher at Phoenix Academy, was diagnosed with ALS.

Phoenix Academy High School teacher with ALS plans, raises money for class trip to Holocaust Museum

By Rachel Herzog | April 21

Some might say it’s an injustice that Vivian Connell’s disease will eventually take her grip, gait and voice, but she says it has become her opportunity ...

Jack Watson teaches Visual Arts at Chapel Hill High School. Students work on art projects in his Visual Arts III class.

High school arts teachers worry APs, college preparation hurts arts enrollment

By Samantha Sabin | April 20

Hope Love’s students, current and former, never leave her mind.

Data shows inequality in public schools for minority students

By Ben Moffat | April 2

Minority students face inequality in public schools across the country and in North Carolina, according to data released in March by the U.S. Department ...

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools faces $2.8 million shortfall

By Jonathan Moyer | March 26

The recession has finally caught up with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and it may cost the district more than $3 million.

UNC alumna to bring coding education startup to Raleigh

By Ben Moffat | March 5

Tech Talent South, an Atlanta-based educational startup that specializes in coding, is coming to Raleigh.

Teacher panel meets for first time

By Kate Grise | November 11

The Teacher Advisory Committee, appointed by Gov. Pat McCrory, began discussing its yearlong exploration into education issues plaguing the state last ...

Teachers’ walkout turns into a walk-in protest

By Mary Tyler March | November 4

Teachers across North Carolina staged a walk-in on Monday to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the condition of the state’s public school system. ...

Obama proposes tobacco tax increase

By Lindsay Carbonell | October 14

Four years since President Barack Obama signed into law the largest federal cigarette excise tax in history, he is considering another proposal that would ...

Plan for NC teacher walkout stalls

By Lauren Kent | October 10

North Carolina teachers upset with low pay and recent cuts to public education were planning to walk out of the classroom Nov. 4 to send a message to ...

Education students coaching rural teachers via webcam

By Taylor Carrere | September 23

UNC School of Education doctoral students are giving back to hundreds of younger students in rural communities — without ever leaving Chapel Hill.

Chuck Hennessee, an AVID teacher at Culbreth Middle School, helps his students with their assignments. Today the students are their own tutors. Each student identifies a subject that they need to study and are put into groups. Hennessee points out that he does not teach his students; his students teach each other.

State teachers face difficult choices after new law

September 15

In two years, Culbreth Middle School teacher Chuck Hennessee will be fully vested as a public educator and can retire — facing a decision to stay in ...

A panel was held in Peabody room 104 to address the current bills about education Policy's in North Caroline. The room was packed with undergrads pursuing a career in teaching as well as practicing teachers. Professors on the panel spoke about how the bills could potentially affect how teachers are hired, fired, and paid. They encouraged teachers to work together to speak to make their opinions known.

Dr. Catherine Marshall
Lora Cohen-Vogel
Dr. Charles Coble

Education panel encourages teachers to find solutions amid budget cuts

By Amy Tsai | April 9

Education experts urged teachers Tuesday to offer their own solutions for improving schools in light of numerous changes proposed by state legislators. ...

NC State Board of Education chairman Cobey aims to increase graduation rates

By Kathryn Trogdon | April 8

Chapel Hill resident Bill Cobey has been a UNC athletic director, a U.S. Congressman and a city manager — and now he can add chairman of the North Carolina ...

NC Senate bill could end tenure for K-12 teachers

By Gabriella Kostrzewa | April 8

The N.C. General Assembly will debate a bill this week that could affect every public school educator in the state.

Bill cuts funding for for-pro?t schools

By Amy Tsai | March 21

A measure that aims to restrict the ability of for-profit schools to use federal money for advertising has received the backing of N.C. leaders at both ...