A new urban development pitch competition sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Calpe Labs looks to create compassion-centered solutions in historically under-resourced communities. The goal is to preserve neighborhoods, provide green spaces and prevent gentrification.

A new report found that only 31% of Latino children in Mecklenburg County are enrolled in early childhood programs, compared to nearly half of Black children and two-thirds of white children.

Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.

An anonymous post encouraged teachers statewide to call out of work sick Friday and Monday to protest low school funding and the lack of a state budget, which has left teachers without raises even as state health insurance premiums rise.

Six of nine seats on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education were up for grabs Tuesday. And the voters have spoken, choosing four new members.

Thursday night, the school board approved the $1,000 supplement amid rumblings of teacher protests.

School districts across the state are bracing for the possibility of teachers calling out sick to protest school funding Friday.

State education officials announced Wednesday that North Carolina students posted record gains in both participation and performance on Advanced Placement exams last school year.

More than 2,500 children have lost their Head Start programs in the state amid the shutdown so far.

Nearly half of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education will be new next year, after challengers unseated two incumbents in Tuesday’s elections.