A group of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools parents is calling for more play in kindergarten classrooms, pointing to research on its benefits and to a similar effort underway in nearby Cabarrus County.

The school board voted on the layoffs, sparing a few specialists in mental health and autism. New data show the district's enrollment losses leveling off in the next decade.

Genesis and Denis Espinoza-Pacheco were detained and deported after attending a regular check-in with U.S. immigration officials in Charlotte as part of their family's asylum case.

After public outcry and school board pushback on proposed cuts to special education, district staff have removed those cuts from next year's budget proposal. But they haven't said how they'll make up the difference.

After an investigation, state officials found Wake County Schools in violation of two students' individual education plans. Families say the remedy offered doesn't fix the deeper issue.

The draft would change how student activity fees fund college campus initiatives.

A quartet of Republican judges ruled Thursday along party lines to overturn the court’s precedent. At stake is a multi-billion dollar plan to provide state funds to improve public education in North Carolina.

A formal state complaint claims Wake County Schools' vendors often fail to pick up students. Parents made over 16,000 complaints about the service since the last time the state investigated the issue.

Chief Financial Officer Nathan Knuffman presented the all funds budget to university trustees this week. He said UNC-Chapel Hill is still facing multiple funding uncertainties, both from the state and federal government.

The Wake County school board directed the district to find other budget cuts rather than eliminate 130 special education teaching positions that would drive up teacher-to-student ratios.