Republicans in the North Carolina Senate are rolling out a package of public school initiatives they say would create performance bonuses for teachers but end their employment tenure so that districts could more easily dismiss ineffective ones.

The line for tickets was long and the interest high to hear President Barack Obama speak about student debt Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

ECU and the former advisor to The East Carolinian have reached a settlement after the advisor was fired in January.

If you’re doing everything you can to save for your children’s college education, chances are it’s because you think that will give your kids the best start in life.

A national report says North Carolina is one of five states to meet all quality benchmarks in its state-run prekindergarten program last year.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will take over as head of the school's troubled Housekeeping Services later this month.

Halifax County deputies say they charged Erick Williams on Monday with disseminating obscene materials to a minor under the age of 16.

The chairman of the North Carolina school board says they'll continue pressing the case that public education is a common and core good.

A school in Martin County and one in Onslow County are hoping their principals will be the named the best in the state today.

Even with the state of the economy making many families think twice about the cost of college, a record number of students are trying to get into America's first public university.

A Greenville high school was placed on lockdown this morning because of nearby police action.

Facebook co-founder and North Carolina native Chris Hughes is coming back to his home state, where he's scheduled to give a talk on how social media has transformed the state of communications.

A Nash County high school has a new principal after officials replaced the previous one in the wake of an attack at the school.

Hugh Morton's book makes the argument that there's plenty of blame to go around: from the people who took on homes they couldn't afford to the banks that loaned them the money.

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge and state Rep. Bill Faison spoke Thursday at the Raleigh Convention Center from the same stage for the first time using a debate-style format in their primary campaign.

The Craven County School system says there's been one case of the highly contagious disease at Bridgeton Elementary School, confirmed by the Craven County Health Department.

An elderly driver has been charged with hit and run after Belhaven police say he struck the back to a school bus and kept going.

Arrest warrants say between 200 and 250 students left school early Monday because of the threats.

Reaching racial balance in one county's school district will be up for discussion today.

Additional security measures are being put into place at Southern Nash High School after a student was slashed on her throat. This as charges against a 15-year-old have been upgraded to attempted first degree murder.

The report from the Inspector General's office says some programs need to be restructured and another federal agency, the Labor Department, may need to take over others.

Pitt County deputies began investigating the alleged assault last Monday at Hope Middle School after a 12-year-old girl said she had been assaulted.

A new study says more students are graduating, and the state has also reduced the number of so-called "dropout factories."

A high school coach in Wilmington is under arrest, accused of assaulting several students last week.

Deputies responded to South Nash High School after getting reports of a fight between two students, one with a gun, the other with a broken bottle.