- A glimmer of hope for teacher pay?RALEIGH (March 6, 2025) – North Carolina treats its public-school teachers horribly. But there might be a glimmer of hope. The state has languished toward the bottom of national rankings on ...Read more
- We have a winner!RALEIGH (March 6, 2025) – Apparently a math teacher knows how to play the odds. Erin Walsh – who has taught for more than 30 years in Onslow County Schools – ...Read more
- Squirrelly DEI logicRALEIGH (March 6, 2025) – Call it the DEI squirrel. Wade Maki, a pony-tailed philosophy lecturer at UNC Greensboro and Chair of the UNC System Faculty Assembly, speaks at every meeting ...Read more
- Dream jobs at BiltmoreBy Eric Johnson ASHEVILLE (March 6, 2025) – The Biltmore Estate is a vast and quirky enterprise, and it takes an incredible range of expertise to keep the place running. As ...Read more
- Tuition at UNC System schools stays flat for the 9th straight yearRALEIGH (February 27, 2025) – For the ninth straight year, the UNC Board of Governors voted today to hold tuition constant at all 16 UNC System universities. For in-state students. North Carolina’s ...Read more
- Heather Norris named App State ChancellorRALEIGH (February 27, 2025) – The UNC Board of Governors named Dr. Heather Norris, who has served as Appalachian State University’s Interim Chancellor since last April, as the university’s permanent ...Read more
- Forsyth Tech wins the ‘Heisman’ of community collegesWINSTON-SALEM (February 26, 2025) – A Forsyth Technical Community College program that starts working with students in middle school to prepare them for college has won what’s known as the ...Read more
- NC makes gains toward 2M by 2030 attainment goalRALEIGH (February 21, 2025) – North Carolina set an ambitious goal in 2019 to have 2 million citizens ages 25-44 with high-quality credentials or postsecondary degrees by 2030. Several years in ...Read more
- Myth: Vouchers won’t hurt traditional schools or rural NC countiesRALEIGH (February 19, 2025) – Proponents of using North Carolina taxpayer funds for millionaires to send their children to private schools love to talk about “choice” and how “choice” provided ...Read more
- Mo Green on the good, bad and ugly in NC schoolsRALEIGH (February 19, 2025) – Asked what North Carolina needs to know about public education, State Superintendent Mo Green has a twofold response. While there is absolutely need for improvement, Green ...Read more