Former Gov. Jim Martin is leading a newly created panel to address issues stemming from an internal investigation that found course irregularities in the African and Afro-American studies department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The Brody School if Medicine came under criticism last year by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Police say Thomas Alton Caffall, 35, opened fire on Brazos County Constable Brian Bachmann just after noon Monday as the lawman brought an eviction notice. Both men were later pronounced dead at a hospital.

A year after widespread worries that thousands of teachers would face layoffs from state budget cuts, North Carolina schools are holding stable before the new academic year.

East Carolina University's Department of Chemistry received a $10,000 gift from the local branch of international chemical company Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd.

Read the story to see where ECU and other colleges in North Carolina rank.

North Carolina's annual report card for public schools shows four out of five are meeting expected student learning growth targets, but fewer than half are reaching all the objectives.

The state Board of Education on Thursday releases the annual ABCs of Public Education report. It shows how students performed on end-of-the year and end-of-course tests taken in grades 3 through 12.

As an undergraduate at the University of California–Irvine, Christopher Campbell was almost forced to drop out by repeated double-digit increases in tuition — some in the middle of the academic year — to compensate for massive state budget cuts.

East Carolina University's chancellor says he is no longer interested in the job at the University at Albany.

Gov. Beverly Perdue signed into law Thursday a bill that requires students to show proficiency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation training before graduation. She says it's a way to save lives.

Bojangles’ has announced this years Jack Fulk Scholarship recipients, and one student from the east is on the list. The $1,000 academic scholarship is awarded in memory of Bojangles’ co-founder Jack Fulk.

Greenville police say one of the J.H. Rose vandals is a 12-year-old, while the other is his 20-year-old accomplice who is still at large.

Atkinson says the cuts would hurt reform efforts in five programs, affecting more than 200,000 students and potentially costing 600 jobs.

An interim superintendent has been named for a county school system in the east.

Students can now wear collared shirts with stripes and logos, t-shirts supporting either Greene County Schools or higher education such as ECU, and jeans.

The idea is to get away from multiple choice tests and an overload of facts. Instead the curriculum aims to develop students critical thinking skills.

A charter school in Morehead City is fighting to keep its doors open after the State Board of Education voted to pull its charter.

The Obama administration announced Wednesday morning plans to develop a national science, technology, engineering and math teaching corps – pending a $1 billion commitment from Congress.

Educators and school employees will see their first pay hike in four years now that the state budget has been approved. Employees could see that raise as soon as this month.

A Pitt Community College nursing student helped save the life of a Duke University football player after a jet skiing accident.

Two hundred pages of previously unreleased documents related to academic misconduct and fraud within the UNC football team have been released by the university.

The State Board of Education wants to revoke the charter of Cape Lookout Marine Science High School in Morehead City because of financial problems.

North Carolina's public school students could sit in classrooms for longer but for fewer days in a change to the long-running debate about the academic calendar.

The state lottery has generated record funds for public education again.