RALEIGH (March 26, 2024) – It’s a very good first step in the state’s budget process. Gov. Josh Stein’s recommended budget for 2025-27 makes numerous proposals that are good for public education. How the General Assembly responds will be crucial to what this state wants to be: Does it want to be the education state… READ MORE
UNC nurses head to Asheville
By Eric Johnson ASHEVILLE (March 26, 2025) – For more than 20 years, nursing has ranked as the most trusted profession in American life. And Lori Byrd is determined to keep it that way. “Sometimes it just helps people for a nurse to come in, sit down and talk to you,” explained Byrd, the associate… READ MORE
Stein: Invest in North Carolina’s people
RALEIGH (March 12, 2025) – In his first State of the State address, Gov. Josh Stein called for investments in students, teachers, public schools and the recovery of Western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene. “The people of North Carolina are our greatest asset,” Stein said to a joint session of the state House and Senate…. READ MORE
One tight NC State family
By David Rice Public Ed Works EDITOR’S NOTE: NC State University chose to stay in the family as it selected a new Chancellor this week. We republish this post from 2016 to show just how close that family is – and just how humble Kevin Howell was during one of the greatest challenges of his… READ MORE
Vouchers: Racist legacy, help the wealthy, hurt rural counties
RALEIGH (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 link. Here are the facts: •NC taxpayer money funneled to private school vouchers DOES divert money from local, neighborhood public schools. Every tax dollar that… READ MORE
Legislators step forward for teachers
By 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. It covered a bill filed by Rep. Erin Pare’, R-Wake, that would invest $1.6 billion in increased pay for North Carolina teachers. The bill… 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 – won our drawing among teachers who submitted Teachers Talk videos for two tickets to the UNC-Duke basketball game on Saturday. In her video, Walsh… READ MORE
Squirrelly DEI logic
RALEIGH (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 of the UNC System’s Board of Governors. And Maki has a unique way to underscore the absurdity of the current hysteria over diversity, equity… READ MORE
Dream jobs at Biltmore
By 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 I learned on a recent visit, a lot of that expertise comes from North Carolina’s public colleges and universities. There is always intense debate… READ MORE
Tuition at UNC System schools stays flat for the 9th straight year
RALEIGH (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 state constitution includes a provision that says, “The General Assembly shall provide that the benefits of The University of North Carolina and other… READ MORE
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