Impacts from statewide public school closures during the COVID-19 era are still being felt, North Carolina’s new Democratic superintendent at the Department of Public Instruction says.

Math performance in North Carolina has slightly improved since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted schooling, but reading scores remain below pre-pandemic levels, according to new data released Wednesday by the U.

"It's an incredible privilege and honor to really have the ability to serve the people in North Carolina in so many different ways," Tilson said.

Math performance has slightly rebounded since the COVID-19 virus closed schools but reading performance hasn't, according to new National Assessment of Educational Progress data released Wednesday.

There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.

President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail on his former COVID adviser Dr Anthony Fauci, despite Dr Fauci facing regular threats to his life.

Dr Meg Schaeffer, an epidemiologist at the SAS Institute, told AFP that “misinformation around Covid-19” was driving down overall vaccination rates in the US, including for long-conquered measles. “The result is hundreds of cases of measles in kids, half of whom are hospitalised – that’s something we never used to see in the US,” she said.

Carolina Amesty with stealing from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief funds ... obtained $122,000 by fraudulently applying for pandemic relief funds in the name of two businesses ...

The Nation’s Report Card for 2024, released today, revealed continued declines in reading scores among U.S. students, exacerbating a trend that began even

Guilford County Schools’ students halted a long slide in reading test scores in 2024 and its fourth-graders had a significant increase in math test scores, according to a new report being released today.

Among the states that saw reading scores fall in 2024 are Florida and Arizona, which were among the first to return to the classroom during the pandemic.

North Carolina is joining more than 20 other states in a lawsuit seeking to block a freeze of federal funds ordered by the Trump administration that was set to begin Tuesday evening, but has now been temporarily blocked in federal court.