Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ planned magnet overhaul includes a proposal that the CMS school board once vetoed after community pushback: changing four so-called “middle colleges” into “early colleges.”

In 2024, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools set a goal to increase the percentage of students on track to be enrolled in higher education, enlisted in the military or employed upon graduation.

Students created the room in November as a safe space to discuss their feelings and learn to cope after multiple instances of community violence this past year.

Gaston County Commissioners voted Tuesday to transfer $10 million from its fund balance to Gaston County Schools, after the school district revealed it was facing a $10 million hole in its current budget.

More than 2,000 students are gathering in the Belk Theater in uptown Charlotte over three days for performances and reviews that give them a taste of Broadway.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill has recommended a $2.1 billion budget — including a $1.97 billion operating budget — for the 2026-27 school year.

New research shows that schools are making progress in recovering from the pandemic, but still not enough, and the results vary.

According to the latest report on system enrollment, there were about 10% more full-time equivalent students last fall compared to the fall of 2019.

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.