Back To School

Superintendents from 98 of 115 school districts reported their district's current vacancies to the North Carolina School Superintendents Association this month.

The CDC says everyone in schools should be wearing a mask to guard against the spread of COVID-19 — especially with the highly contagious delta variant circulating and the unknowns that it brings. Since a statewide mask mandate expired, local school boards are making their own decisions about the rules for their students and staff when classes start up again.

A majority of North Carolina public school districts are returning to school remotely Monday. Many teachers will be meeting their students over video…

In two new polls, a majority of parents say they prefer delaying in-person school reopening, despite the personal and economic toll.

The State Board of Education will take a final vote on Thursday on its plan for evaluating North Carolina public schools, a requirement of the Every…

There are two kinds of people in this world. The Ferris Beullers, who grin at the thought of a wild day playing hooky. And the Jeanie Buellers, whose eyes…

College students are back in the Triangle. UNC-Chapel Hill begins classes this week and the class of 2020 is settling in at Duke.The admissions rate at…

School districts across the state say they have somewhat fewer teacher vacancies going into this school year than they did in 2015. But many students will…

Guilford County second grade teacher Nicole Batts-Elder scoped out shelves stacked with spiral notebooks, multicolor folders and bundles of unsharpened…

In two weeks, most of North Carolina's public school students will head back to the classroom. We talked to two Duke University researchers to get some…