Some public universities nixed certain gen ed mandates in response to a statewide order. But through exemptions, multiple ...

The chamber’s budget proposal would also expand some literacy services and make changes to charter school oversight.

Now in its third year, Central Carolina Academy is preparing to reach the important milestone of having its first graduating class with 26 seniors. On Friday evening, May 16, the public charter school ...

The program from Blumenthal Arts honors excellence in Charlotte-area high school musical productions. At a time when arts groups locally and nationally are seeing their federal funding slashed, the ...

Reducing North Carolina’s high student absenteeism rate is considered to be a key to helping improve school performance.

James B. Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas System, has been named president of the University of California ...

Miami artist Jen Clay was the first artist in residence at Brook Dorsch and Tyler Emerson-Dorsch's North Carolina property.

Since the 1998 fiscal year, the NEA provided 1,407 grants in the Carolinas worth nearly $84 million to more than 370 organizations, a Charlotte Observer analysis of federal data found. The Charlotte ...

The House budget has fewer cuts in K-12 education spending than the Senate and includes increases in some areas. For instance ...

For the past decade, Liz Kelly has been honing her craft at her pottery studio in the historic Boylan Heights neighborhood. A ...

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