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 the golden egg. UNC-Chapel Hill receives $1.55 billion a year in research grants. That in turn generates $3 billion in economic impact in the state,… READ MORE
Can UNC stand $150M hit to overhead?
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 Chancellor for Research at UNC-Chapel Hill, describes very clearly in the accompanying video what overhead receipts are, what such a reduction would cost the… READ MORE
Public Schools First: Most vouchers going to students already in private school
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 the State Board of Education. According to data they shared from the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (administrators of the Opportunity Scholarship… READ MORE
John Hood: Put your tax cards on the table
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 of spending. The differences are so vast, in fact, that some insiders predict no comprehensive budget will pass this session. And the fundamental difference involves… READ MORE
Join Public Schools First NC and Public Ed Works this summer!
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) – In NC, the vast majority of our K-12 students are enrolled in public schools. Throughout our state, there are about 2,700 public… READ MORE
A toolkit for tomorrow’s teachers and today’s realities
By Dr. Laura Bilbro-Berry Public School Forum of NC Last month heralded the commencement season for colleges and universities across North Carolina. Within the class of 2025 are graduates who will be the state’s next generation of classroom teachers. These individuals have been trained to design organized and well-planned classrooms while delivering content… READ MORE
Tom Campbell: In support of Roy Cooper and public education
RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) – I recently read an opinion piece from a noted North Carolina columnist essentially blaming former governor Roy Cooper for the sharp decline in North Carolina student test scores during and after the COVID pandemic. It asserted that Cooper closed North Carolina public schools too soon and left them closed too… READ MORE
Budgetary storm clouds
RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) – Which would you believe – a nonpartisan staff or a politician? In February, a consensus forecast between the General Assembly’s Fiscal Research Division and the governor’s Office of State Budget and Management projected a slight increase (0.5%) in state revenues for 2025-26 – but an $823 million (2.4%) decline in… READ MORE
Raleigh wants to pay police better than teachers
RALEIGH (May 29, 2025) – News Item: “Raleigh to raise police, city employees’ pay, but will it be competitive enough?” The article this week in The News & Observer of Raleigh went on to recount how the city manager is proposing an 11% raise for police officers, in part due to attrition, understaffing and low… READ MORE
Living proof
By David Rice Public Ed Works RALEIGH (May 29, 2025) – After 54 years with Type I diabetes, I am alive today only because of science and a loving mother. It’s science that started with research on dogs in Toronto in 1921-22.1 I was fortunate in high school to meet one of the researchers who… READ MORE
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