- Vouchers: Racist legacy, help the wealthy, hurt rural countiesRALEIGH (March 12, 2025) – This is our final planned post to address misinformation about North Carolina’s taxpayer-funded private school vouchers. To access the series of five posts, follow this ...Read more
- Legislators step forward for teachersBy Paul Fulton, Don Martin and Doug Shackelford WINSTON-SALEM (March 12, 2025) – Last week, Public Ed Works published a piece that described a “glimmer of hope” for our public-school teachers. ...Read more
- 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