Students in the Rowan-Salisbury school system get back to class Thursday. Cabarrus County students return Monday (Aug. 11). Kannapolis City Schools start Tuesday (Aug. 12), Gaston County goes back to class Wednesday (Aug. 13). Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools start back on Aug. 25.

State Superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green has presented his final strategic plan. Green says he wants NC public schools to become the best in the nation, and the plan defines metrics.

Last school year, North Carolina officially began allowing high school student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness like college athletes.

Monday is the first day of school for many in South Carolina, and students across York County are among those back in class. All four York County districts and Chester County schools started back Monday. Lancaster County schools start Aug. 12.

The Cold War-era test was a staple of school gyms for half a century before the Obama administration replaced it. Trump says his focus on childhood fitness is for both physical and patriotic reasons.

A new private school opening in Charlotte this fall is making a bold claim: It says it can replace academic teachers with artificial intelligence and teach students everything they need to know in just two hours a day.

Just days before school starts, the Fort Mill School District is warning parents to prepare for significant traffic safety changes due to a lack of traffic guards. The Rock Hill Herald reports Fort Mill won’t get traffic guards from its usual third-party vendor this year, according to a message emailed to parents Wednesday. The district used traffic guards from Charlotte-based Cross Safe for several years. Crossing guards will be stationed at all marked crosswalks to aid pedestrians in crossing roads, according to the message. But there won’t be guards to direct vehicle traffic.Last year, crossing guard Stanley Brucker was killed after being hit by a vehicle while working in front of Fort Mill Elementary and Fort Mill Middle schools.

North Carolina high schools are getting ready for football season, but many schedules will look different this year after the state athletic association completed a statewide realignment earlier this spring.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools appears to be moving forward with a plan to build affordable housing for teachers.

Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding, officials said Wednesday.