- NC voters: Pay teachers betterRALEIGH (April 18, 2024) – Nearly 8 in 10 North Carolina voters support better pay raises for the state’s public school teachers next year. In a statewide poll conducted for Public ...Read more
- UNC System makes modest legislative requestsWINSTON-SALEM (April 18, 2024) – The UNC System will seek an additional $70 million in operating funds – or 1.9% – from the General Assembly this spring, largely to reward ...Read more
- A well-earned smackdownRALEIGH (April 10, 2024) – Call it a well-earned smackdown. On the day Lee Roberts took office as Interim Chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill in January, UNC System leaders sent the Chair ...Read more
- Teachers Talk: ‘Unsustainable to do what I’m built to do’RALEIGH (April 10, 2024) – Sara Scanlon feels “steadily increasing pressure” to increase graduation rates among her students – whether they’ve mastered the material or not. In our latest installment of ...Read more
- Teachers Talk: ‘We deserve a livable wage’CONCORD (April 4, 2024) – To Natalia Mejia, teachers should be treated like the professionals they are. In the latest installment of our Teachers Talk series, the ESL teacher at C.C. ...Read more
- Brad Wilson: A workforce pipelineRALEIGH (April 4, 2024) – If you don’t see a connection between investment in public education and North Carolina’s economy, take it from someone who has. “Public education is critically important ...Read more
- Legislative epiphany: Teacher pay hasn’t kept upRALEIGH (March 28, 2024) – A state House committee acknowledged this week what was painfully clear even two years ago: North Carolina’s pay for teachers hasn’t kept up with inflation. The ...Read more
- The Assembly: Decades After a Scandal, North Carolina Places a Big BetThis story was first published by The Assembly, a statewide digital magazine in North Carolina. UNC System President Bill Friday scaled back basketball after players shaved points. Now a gambling executive ...Read more
- UNC-CH chancellor search launchesCHAPEL HILL (March 23, 2024) – Here we go: The search “advisory” committee for a new chancellor at UNC Chapel Hill met for the first time Thursday under a policy ...Read more
- Some March Madness mathBy David Rice Executive Director, Public Ed Works WINCHESTER, Va. (March 23, 2024) – The following is an exchange this week between my high school English teacher and my high school math ...Read more