10 things to know about how social media affects teens' brains
Eye-opening testimony from a top scientist offers a useful primer on the role social media may play in the teen mental health crisis.
Education
WS/FCS partners with city to help students 'Stay Fresh' with free haircuts
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is partnering with the city to provide three youth mentorship programs, one of which involves free student haircuts.
A new study offers hints that healthier school lunches may help reduce obesity
The national study found a small but significant decline in the average BMI of more than 14,000 schoolkids after implementation of a 2010 federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals.
Lexington City Schools superintendent to step down
Lexington City Schools Superintendent, Anitra Wells, will resign from her position at the end of June, a year earlier than scheduled.
Cooper announces $7.7 million for college-level mental health programs
Governor Roy Cooper has announced almost $8 million dollars in funding to support mental health programs in state colleges and universities.
High-paying jobs that don't need a college degree? Thousands of them sit empty
Trade jobs that require less education, at much lower cost, sit empty. But many parents remain wary of programs that don't lead to a four-year degree.
3 students were killed at Michigan State University and the gunman is dead
Police say the suspect was a 43-year-old man found off the MSU campus who died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Five others, all students, are in critical condition.
The oldest existing U.S. schoolhouse for Black children has been moved to a museum
A building in Virginia that's believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children has been moved to a museum.
The College Board slams Florida for what it calls 'slander' of AP Black history course
Florida officials claimed the new AP African American Studies course has a "political agenda," but the education nonprofit says state leaders never made any concrete suggestions on how to change it.
HBCUs have been underfunded for decades. A history of higher education tells us why
Historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S. have been underfunded for decades. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Adam Harris about the underlying reasons behind the inequality.