Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

Over the last couple of years, public records requests filed by non-journalists have surged in government bodies across the country, including in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

Some of North Carolina’s top leaders in business, politics, education and philanthropy gathered in Raleigh on Monday to push for more focus on creating a skilled labor force. They said that includes providing more young adults with credentials aligned with employer needs.

That’s $10 million dollars more than what the county manager had recommended and $10 million less than what the CMS board requested.

Superintendent Earnest Winston is slowly revealing his plan to make Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools safer. Some of his predecessors made bold moves that didn't work.

Superintendent Earnest Winston said the new hires will take on the responsibility of investigating student complaints, and relieve school administrators of those responsibilities.

Mecklenburg County commissioners voted 6-2 on Wednesday in support of County Manager Dena Diorio's plan to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools until it presents a detailed plan on how to close achievement gaps among students.

A federal jury has awarded $10.5 million to a former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools student who says he was assaulted by a band director at West Charlotte High School in 2011 according to multiple reports.

This past week: Outrage grew in Elizabeth City — along with national attention — over the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County deputies, especially after a judge delayed the public release of body camera footage in the case. A mass shooting in the Boone area left a married couple, two sheriff's deputies and the suspected gunman dead. North Carolina earned a 14th U.S. House seat after the 2020 census. And Apple picks the Raleigh area for its East Coast campus.

A school discipline bill in front of the North Carolina House has revived debate over school discipline, racial equity and dropout prevention.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board members said Monday that the district's central offices made a series of mistakes in rolling out survey questions…