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Appalachian State University's solar racing team placed first in the American Solar Challenge multi-passenger vehicle class over the weekend. They're now the first team in American Solar Challenge history to win the multi-passenger class twice.
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Brandon Jones/JCSU websiteJohnson C. Smith University began tearing down Liston Residence Hall on Wednesday. The hall had stood for nearly 65 years. -
Silfabsolar.comThe Fort Mill School District is asking South Carolina state leaders to intervene and shut down operations at the controversial Silfab Solar manufacturing facility.
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A group that North Carolina lawmakers created to boost education in the state has begun drafting recommendations for policy change. Members are focused on early literacy, the teacher pipeline and the school performance grades model. -
Board of Governors limits new UNC-Chapel Hill program to 75 students, targets enrolled students seeking undergraduate degree in social work. -
Early voting sites at UNCG and NC A&T are key issues for the Guilford County Board of Elections. The nonunanimous decision now goes to the State Board. -
University chancellors have spent the past year pleading for state legislators to provide funding for their enrollment growth. One campus won't receive any at all. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday afternoon, going into closed session to discuss personnel matters. -
The program sends free, age-appropriate books to pre-K children. Now with more funding in the new state budget, 42 N.C. counties are reopening enrollment. -
Only a small share of North Carolina’s school systems ban cellphones completely, and most still allow students to use phones sometimes during the day. Research suggests school-issued devices are also a major distraction. -
It’s been one month since Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill was placed on paid leave pending an outside investigation, and there haven't been any updates. -
North Carolina has seen the most growth in federal student aid applications of any state in the country this year. -
More than 80 high school students from across the country spent this week chopping, whipping, stirring and boiling at Johnson & Wales University, getting a crash course in the culinary arts as they consider future careers.
