Teacher Recruitment

North Carolina Teaching Fellows is a scholarship program for aspiring teachers, with a long and politically charged history. This year, it returned to HBCUs in an effort to diversify the teaching workforce; and a House budget proposal could help the program grow.

Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has advantages when it comes to hiring teachers and staff that Edenton-Chowan Schools does not. But superintendents from both districts say they're struggling to find qualified applicants for open positions in time for fall.

Students may be on summer break, but school principals are hard at work using these months to find a qualified, well-prepared teacher for every classroom come fall. Teacher turnover was higher than usual in some North Carolina districts this past year.

Schools across the state scramble every summer to hire in time for the first day of classes. After some teachers and staff left during the pandemic due to burnout or for better opportunities, others are wondering if schools will be short-handed this fall.

Maverick Whitley is a junior at Brevard College majoring in music education. He's been playing instruments since he was three years old and dreams of…

A tentative pay schedule from the Wake County school board bumps up Wake’s local contribution to teacher’s salaries. Teachers would see increases from…

Amy Thompson lives in a seemingly typical two-bedroom apartment.There's wall-to wall carpet, neutral walls, a comfy looking couch set, and a dining room…

Schools faced teacher shortages as students returned to the classroom last month. School districts across the state have different challenges when it…