For several decades, North Carolina has ranked in the bottom 25 across the country for the number of dentists per 10,000 people in the state.

The latest in culture wars: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bans "Banned Books Week," then backtracks and leaves it up to schools.

North Carolina’s new state budget will become law next week, and several provisions would give the legislature more authority over community colleges and the court system.

A new report on 2023 Advanced Placement exam results shows North Carolina’s public school students are taking more tests and scoring higher than they did before the pandemic.

The Biden administration is cracking down on for-profit college programs that don't adequately prepare graduates for gainful employment and leave them with unaffordable loans.

Sarah Stevenson, who died Tuesday at 97, has shaped generations of Charlotteans with her leadership in education, politics and civic life.

When police descended on Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Ardrey Kell High last week, it was an example of what North Carolina officials say is a troubling trend: False reports of school shootings and other threats are on the rise.

It’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. And this week we are looking at an ad attacking Gov. Roy Cooper.

Across the U.S., nearly 230,000 students were referred to law enforcement during the 2017-18 school year. Black students and students with mental and physical disabilities were referred at nearly twice their share of the overall student population. That’s what a Center for Public Integrity analysis of U.S. Department of Education data found. In North Carolina and South Carolina, law enforcement was also brought in at higher rates when it came to Black and disabled students.