Durham year-round students return to class with new fee, cellphone rules coming

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/22 7:00A Sydney McCoy

The superintendent for Durham Public Schools talked to Spectrum News 1 on the first day back for year-round students.

Harvard seeks billions in funding restored at pivotal hearing in its standoff with Trump

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/21 9:59A Associated Press

At the hearing on Monday, the university accused the government of using funding as leverage to control its academic decisions.

Nonprofit, school district react to federal education funding in limbo

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/21 2:30A Estephany Escobar

North Carolina expected to receive $165 million dollars for schools and nonprofits.

'So important': New summer program tackles health care shortages in Cleveland County

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/17 1:00A Jennifer Roberts

A new summer program is giving high school students a hands-on look at health care careers.

Head Start will be cut off for immigrants without legal status, health secretary says

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/11 3:27A Associated Press

HHS said it will reclassify those programs as federal public benefits.

Thousands of programs at stake as Department of Education holds funds

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/11 12:00A Rachel Loyd

The agency's move to withhold billions in education grants affects 10,000 after-school and summer learning programs.

After Texas floods, Sesame Street offers families resources to support kids during an emergency

Education | Spectrum News 1 7/8 6:48A Christine Sanchez

The guide includes a video tutorial teaching kids how to pack an emergency kit.

College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/26 7:43A Associated Press

The unemployment rate for degree holders ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years, excluding the coronavirus pandemic.

California found in violation of Title IX in clash with Trump officials over transgender athletes

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/25 6:50A Associated Press

The federal Education Department proposed a resolution that would require California to bar transgender women from women’s sports.

How N.C. public media is bracing for potential federal cuts

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/19 3:19A Patrick Thomas

Proactive decision-making saved North Carolina PBS roughly $1 million in this year's budget.

Judge extends order suspending Trump's block on Harvard's incoming foreign students

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/16 9:17A Associated Press

Trump moved to block foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard earlier this month, citing concerns over national security.

'She is a light for everybody': School holds early graduation for student fighting cancer

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/9 5:16A Sasha Strong

Kiara Hemnaini will be getting treatments Tuesday, but Oak Ridge Elementary made sure the fifth grader still got to walk the stage.

Judge puts temporary hold on Trump's latest ban on Harvard's foreign students

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/6 2:05A Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs said Harvard had demonstrated it would sustain "immediate and irreparable injury."

White House moves to block U.S. entry for foreign students planning to study at Harvard University

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/5 2:17A Associated Press

In an executive order, Trump declared that it would jeopardize national security to allow Harvard to continue hosting international students.

Student-led challenge helping to fight food insecurity on N.C. campus

Education | Spectrum News 1 6/5 12:30A Jennifer Roberts

A community college is using its statewide recognition from a hunger challenge to help feed more students.