RALEIGH (June 26, 2025) – The word of the year for 2025 is ‘uncertainty.’ So leaders of the state House think it’s a good idea to slow down state tax ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WINSTON-SALEM (June 26, 2025) – North Carolina drivers may spot billboards advocating for better teacher pay out on the roads this summer as part of Public ...

RALEIGH (June 19, 2025) – Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, is the senior chair of the state House committee that will help decide how to spend more than $65 billion1 over ...

Editor’s Note: The following editorial appeared Sunday, June 15 in the Greensboro News & Record and the Winston-Salem Journal. It is reprinted here with permission.  In the 1993 film “The Fugitive,” which you may have ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works DURHAM (June 24, 2025) – As the school year rolled to a close, kids’ faces lit up with excitement as they carefully chose 10 new books ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 13, 2025) – As Trump administration officials take aim at university research across the country, they need to recall that old line about the goose that laid ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 13, 2025) – There’s been controversy this spring over the Trump administration’s proposal to cut the “overhead receipts” universities receive on federal research grants. Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, Vice ...

By Heather Koons Public Schools First NC RALEIGH (June 13, 2025) – On June 4, staff at the Department of Public Instruction presented their report on Opportunity Scholarship voucher use for 2024-25 to ...

RALEIGH (June 13, 2025) — The N.C. House and Senate have enacted very different versions of a 2025-27 state budget, even though two plans would authorize virtually the same amount ...

https://www.publicedworks.org/2025/06/ Summer is almost here and school is out, but let’s not forget to celebrate the great work of our public schools, our educators, students, and supportive families! RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) ...