Nash educator starts nonprofit after job cut By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works ROCKY MOUNT (June 18, 2026) – Nash County educator Jamilah Bullock was serving as an assistant principal in Rocky Mount when she was laid off from her job, but that didn’t slow down her passion for education. “It was cut for funding,”… READ MORE
UNC cancer research: ‘Give people hope’
CHAPEL HILL (June 18, 2026) – Research gives patients hope — and oh, what research is happening at the UNC School of Medicine. Dr. Cristy Page likes to describe it as “mind-blowing.” Page, CEO of UNC Health and Dean of the School of Medicine, notes in the accompanying video that one of her own family… READ MORE
Edgecombe educator shares successes and struggles
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works TARBORO (June 11, 2026) – Edgecombe County Teacher Owen Cole said it wasn’t until he started filling out his personal statement on a medical school application that he realized he didn’t want to be a doctor after all. “Went home and shadowed my AP biology teacher at my alma… READ MORE
Largest state without a children’s hospital
CHAPEL HILL (June 11, 2026) – Some of the diseases children face require highly specialized care. And they should not have to leave North Carolina to get it. So new funds for NC Children’s – a $2-3 billion, 500-bed children’s hospital to be built in Apex in a joint venture between UNC Health and Duke… READ MORE
Another red alert for American science
By Holden Thorp Science EDITORS NOTE: Scientific research is in danger thanks to a proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB is seeking to revise the rules that govern how federal dollars are spent on scientific research funding. Holden Thorp, the 10th chancellor of the University of North Carolina… READ MORE
Bringing back exclusion: NC’s school vouchers
By J. Drew Tonissen In 2024, I stood in a Charlotte auditorium watching two Myers Park High School alumni, one Black and one White, discuss how they discovered their lives were linked through slavery. Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and De Kirkpatrick shared a last name, but not a race. When Jimmie discovered that De’s ancestors owned… READ MORE
UNC engineering: A gap of 2,600 degrees a year
CHAPEL HILL (June 3, 2026) – North Carolina needs more engineers. It’s that simple. In the accompanying video, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts makes the case for why Carolina plans to build its engineering programs – not to infringe on other engineering schools in the UNC System, but to build on programs it already has…. READ MORE
Community college supports hydroponic farm growth
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WARSAW (June 3, 2026) – From tomatoes to strawberries to edible flowers, students have tried to grow just about everything in an old shipping container at James Sprunt Community College. College staff encourage local farmers and students to explore hydroponic farming at the shipping container at their on-campus farm…. READ MORE
Roberts: UNC must keep up with NC’s growth
CHAPEL HILL (May 28, 2026) – UNC-Chapel Hill hasn’t kept up with North Carolina’s growth. But it intends to now, with a plan to add 5,000 students over 10 years. Incredibly, at a time when many universities across the country see declining enrollment due to reduced birth rates, the UNC System sees increasing enrollment. North… READ MORE
Eastern NC Latino Center supports continuing education
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works KENANSVILLE (May 28, 2026) – James Sprunt Community College is meeting the needs of Spanish-speaking people in Eastern North Carolina through the Latino Education Center, which opened in 2023. “We basically are a centralized location so that individuals who may not be able to speak fluent English or their… READ MORE
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