Stem News

N.C. School of Science and Mathematics commencement speaker Dan Ariely processed in among the caps and gowns wearing a brown "Star Wars" Jedi robe Saturday morning.

Can there be too much of a good thing? When it comes to tech-educated students, the answer is sometimes.

Three years ago, Delaware adopted the Common Core State Standards designed to boost student college and career readiness.

By the wording of their conditions, there is a question as to just what happens as the final of 21 government entities make their decisions on the one-time assessment asked for by the Kerr-Tar Council of Governments.

There are apps that turn your smartphone into a metal detector, a musical instrument and a GPS system, and now there's an app that may help doctors save your life if you're having a heart attack.

The North Carolina Boys and Girls Home School in Lake Waccamaw is becoming a charter school.

Darien Hicks, 21, of 4576 Raleigh Road, Henderson, was arrested May 7 on charges of obtaining stolen property by fraud, larceny and breaking and entering.

Southeastern Regional Medical Center, affiliated with Southeastern Health, has received the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline Bronze Receiving Quality Achievement Award.

An Economic Policy Institute study debunks a popular argument for loosened immigration policy-the increasing demand and lack of supply of STEM workers.

The conventional wisdom these days is that the United States needs more people trained in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics .

Terry Worrell , a longtime Guilford County Schools official and the district's central region superintendent since 2009, will leave to accept a new leadership position with N.C. New Schools at the end of the school year, according to an announcement .