- Arizona public-school advocates: A voucher warning to NC
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works PHOENIX, AZ (October 23, 2025) – Arizona public education advocates say their state is grappling with the fallout from a voucher program without income limits – ...Read more - Padilla: The beat goes on
By Art Padilla WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH (October 23, 2025) – The mess at Carolina’s new School for Civic Life and Leadership goes on. And on. The creation of the new school is an ...Read more - Legislators: Do your job
RALEIGH (October 15, 2025) – State legislators are due back in Raleigh Monday. And more than three months into the state’s budget year, they have yet to fulfill one of ...Read more - Why don’t we invest in our children?
RALEIGH (October 15, 2025) – Public Ed Works recently published the “Lessons Learned Series.” It is a series of stories exploring how legislative decisions — both active and passive — over ...Read more - Higher ed faces many pressures; NC schools will feel impact
By Tom Campbell RALEIGH (October 8, 2025) – Folks in higher education must feel like General Custer at Little Big Horn: fired at from almost every angle. Higher education hasn’t faced ...Read more - Why is enrollment booming across UNC System schools?
By Kate Denning Carolina Public Press DURHAM (October 1, 2025) – The University of North Carolina System reported record enrollment numbers overall. Year-over-year increases occurred at 15 of its 16 higher education ...Read more - Foundations of American Democracy: ‘What we should aspire to’
RALEIGH (October 1, 2025) – In an era where meddlesome legislators and governing boards try to dictate what professors should teach, 11 history professors at UNC-Chapel Hill took a mandate ...Read more - Lessons Learned: Fully funding public schools is the answer
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works RALEIGH (October 2, 2025) – Over the past several weeks we’ve looked at a range of issues in North Carolina’s public schools, but one theme stands ...Read more - Hans: UNC System expands nursing pipeline
By Peter Hans President, UNC System RALEIGH (October 2, 2025) – North Carolina needs more nurses, and the state’s public universities are stepping up to make it happen. Earlier this week, I visited ...Read more - A university responds in the wake of disaster
By Eric Johnson ASHEVILLE (September 26, 2025) – Public universities are equal parts classroom and toolkit. They teach the next generation of students, and they also serve as huge repositories of ...Read more










