James Farrell

This week, I wanted to feature a new face on the school board. No, not Charlitta Hatch, Anna London, Cynthia Stone or Shamaiye Haynes, the board’s new members who were elected last November. I’m talking about Inchara Gopinath, a junior at North Mecklenburg High School who’s been elected by her peers to serve a one-year term on the board as its student advisor. Gopinath was one of 11 finalists selected from throughout the district.

The mother of a 13-year-old boy is calling on Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to release surveillance video that they say shows an administrator at Renaissance West STEAM Academy assaulting her son.

At the first Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board meeting of the new year, the board’s newest members acknowledged recent glitches with the district’s school choice lottery system.

Elon University announced Tuesday it applied to the American Bar Association for approval to launch a full-time, 2.5-year juris doctor law school in Charlotte.

Both the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education and Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners are preparing for a tight budget cycle.

Families who entered the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools magnet lottery are beginning to receive results this week, but district officials say technical problems have caused confusion for some applicants.

Hundreds of teachers called out of work to hold protests across North Carolina today in support of better teacher pay and the lack of a state budget, which has stymied potential raises for state employees like educators.

Teachers at dozens of schools across the state could walk out in protest of low teacher pay on Wednesday. It’s the second time in recent months that a statewide effort like this has been planned.

To kick off 2026, here’s a look at some of the local education stories I’m thinking about.

Charlotte’s FBI office and other law enforcement agencies say they stopped a potential terrorist attack planned for New Year’s Eve by 18-year-old Mint Hill resident Christian Sturdivant.