Today, North Carolina ranks dead last—51st out of 51— in public school funding. The state also received an "F" grade for funding effort, which measures investment in PreK-12 public education as a percentage...

Though inflation is showing signs of cooling, students and community members alike are continuing to feel its effects in their daily lives. Despite some forecasters’ predictions that inflation will gradually...

At younger ages, countless students imagine college as a guarantee. Work hard, earn sufficient grades and an acceptance letter will follow. But as some of these students grow older, their hopes get pushed...

Luke Casey, a new history teacher at Wakefield High School, earned the Beginning Teacher of the Year Award for the 2025-2026 school year. This award is for any first-year teacher who has shown excellence...

On Feb. 12, early voting for North Carolina’s primary elections began. Official election day is on March 3, with the winner of the primaries set to be on the ballot in November. There are over 10 candidates...

Since the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences was founded in 1879, it has been expanding the minds of many people, both old and young, teaching them matters of all science within these walls. One...

With recent redistricting in North Carolina, concerns of gerrymandering and voter suppression are running high among citizens. Gerrymandering is the act of government officials reconfiguring maps for partisan...

Recent events, their significance In May of this year, Executive Order 14290 was issued to eliminate direct and indirect funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), trickling down to local...

College application season is a time of stress for many involved. Especially during the third week of October — free application week for some North Carolina schools — when students are scrambling...

On July 27, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 805, which, among many key changes, increased the monitoring of classroom libraries. With the introduction of this bill, teachers are required...

On Oct. 1, the U.S. government shut down. This shutdown is already the second longest in history, the longest being 34 days, which happened in late 2018 into early 2019. According to recent polls, one...