The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services told education leaders Thursday it would offer charter schools and local school districts rapid COVID-19 tests for free to help control outbreaks.
UNC Charlotte officials say 2021 graduates will have the opportunity to graduate at an outdoor in-person ceremony, with a limited number of guests allowed due to Governor Cooper's latest COVID-19 guidelines for public gatherings.
Top North Carolina education officials on Thursday called for all of the state’s 115 school districts to make available at least partial in-person instruction by the end of the month to any of the system’s 1.5 million students who want it.
Some parents have mixed reaction about their children's return to the classroom.
CMS officials say on March 1st they will increase the number of spectators allowed at outdoor athletic events after Governor Cooper's newest executive order is enacted on Friday, February 26th that eases restrictions in North Carolina.
A reassuring Superintendent Earnest Winston says the district has all the safety protocols and practices in place to welcome back the first group of middle school and high school students on Monday.
The nation’s top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies, and vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a prerequisite for reopening.
Officials with Harris Teeter and the Greater Charlotte Auto Dealers Association (GCADA) say they are partnering up to provide hand sanitizer to help protect students, teachers, and staff from contracting illnesses like COVID-19, as students return to the classroom as early as Monday.
Some parents in Rock Hill are upset over a newly approved school redistricting plan. Three elementary schools will close and nearly 4,000 students will move to new schools.
North Carolina state senators approved a bill Tuesday requiring K-12 public schools to reopen with at least partial in-person instruction made available to the state’s 1.5 million pupils.
Dozens of teachers demonstrated before Monday night's Cabarrus County School Board Meeting
Parents of schoolchildren learning from home shouldn’t necessarily count on reclaiming the dining room table any time soon.
A group of South Carolina senators, including the Republican leader, wants teachers sent to the front of the line to get COVID-19 vaccines so students can get back in school buildings full-time.
North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a coronavirus relief bill that sends federal money approved by Congress in December to schools for reopening, public health officials distributing the vaccine and residents struggling to pay their rent.
A young, black man who grew up in rural North Carolina in the 1940's had big aspirations of becoming a doctor. Despite many obstacles, he refused to allow racism and segregation kill his dream.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced his desire for the state’s more than 1.5 million public school students to be given the option of daily in-person classes. But he declined to compel districts to make that option available.
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