The conservative group Moms for Liberty took school boards by storm during the coronavirus pandemic. But most candidates the group backed in this year's local North Carolina school board races lost.

The HBCU recently became the first public university to offer a degree in artificial intelligence. Educators at the university are also working to expand AI literacy to those under 18.

WUNC education reporter Liz Schlemmer explains the immediate and longer-term plans to get students to school amid ongoing school bus driver shortage.

The eliminations include faculty, staff and adjunct positions. The private HBCU has faced several financial challenges this year amid a fight to retain its accreditation.

Durham Public Schools will begin rotating its bus service for students, because 17 buses in the district don't have a consistent driver.

State senators finalized an override of Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 10, which significantly expands funding for private school vouchers, known as Opportunity Scholarships, over the next decade.

A coalition of alumni, community members, and local clergy are protesting a multimillion-dollar loan agreement signed by Saint Augustine’s University. The group claims the loan is “predatory” and a threat to the private HBCU’s 157-year legacy.

Virginia-based nonprofit Disabled Disrupters advocates for people with disabilities. Its co-founder Kira Tiller wants to bring individualized emergency plans for disabled students at UNC-Chapel Hill.

The founder of an artificial intelligence company that worked with large school districts nationwide has been arrested on fraud charges. Joanna Smith-Griffin had been arrested Tuesday in North Carolina.

North Carolina lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a veto override of a bill that would commit nearly $6.5 billion in state funding for private school vouchers over the next decade. The Opportunity Scholarships have evolved over the past decade from a small $10 million pilot program, to a major budget expense that could transform education in the state.