Ninth graders in N.C. are held back more often than students in other parts of the country. How can schools ensure they're ready to move on?

The Senate candidate won praise for declaring three players innocent as AG in 2007. Critics wish he’d done more for other defendants.

This story was produced by Big Local News at Stanford University and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in ...

Twenty-five years ago, Duke University graduates needed a 3.63 GPA to earn cum laude honors for finishing in the top 25% of their class. This year, they required near perfection: a 3.89 for students ...

Next week, Republicans will choose a replacement for the Western North Carolina lawmaker on the November ballot. Here’s who might advance. Edwards said in a statement on X that he’ll serve out the ...

On a recent July morning, before his sermon on resisting revenge, David Chadwick served his congregants a brief update on the church’s real estate situation. After a year of searching, Chadwick and ...

An analysis of legislators’ voting records shows that seven of 170 members haven’t missed a single vote since 2025. Several others, however, have been frequently absent. North Carolina lawmakers don’t ...

The School of Civic Life and Leadership has offices in Whitehead Hall. (Angelica Edwards for The Assembly) An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled on Thursday that the University of North Carolina ...

Zeb Smathers knows Canton's future rides on him after an economic loss and two weather disasters. His ambitions depend on that success, too.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park lake cemetery crew member Shawn Massey braces his tattooed left arm for James Calhoun, who cautiously steps out of a utility terrain vehicle at the edge of Bone ...