- Budgetary storm cloudsRALEIGH (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 ...Read more
- Raleigh wants to pay police better than teachersRALEIGH (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 ...Read more
- Living proofBy 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 ...Read more
- House budget shows promise for teacher payRALEIGH (May 22, 2025) – For more than a decade, North Carolina has neglected the folks who teach our children. Average teacher pay in the state now ranks 43rd in the ...Read more
- $2.6M proposed for WSSU Nursing FellowsBy Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WINSTON-SALEM (May 22, 2025) – The budget proposed by the NC House aims to invest $2.6 million in a nursing fellows pilot program at Winston-Salem State ...Read more
- South Piedmont gets a winnerPOLKTON (May 19, 2025) – Dr. Stacy Waters-Bailey, a senior administrator at Forsyth Tech, has been named the next president of South Piedmont Community College, which serves Union and Anson ...Read more
- A new chancellor, a big raise and a new accreditor?RALEIGH (May 16, 2025) – The UNC System’s governing board hired a new chancellor for Elizabeth City State University this week. It gave the System President a big raise. And ...Read more
- $420M for rural careRALEIGH (May 16, 2025) – If there’s any doubt about where North Carolina’s health-care needs are worst, they’re in rural North Carolina. UNC System President Peter Hans highlighted the NC General ...Read more
- Native history, public historyBy Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (May 16, 2025) – When the historian Kathleen Duval first started teaching at UNC Chapel Hill back in 2003, she wanted her undergraduates to examine some ...Read more
- School leaders adapt to hiring challenges amid low payBy Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works SYLVA (May 14, 2025) – North Carolina school district leaders on the state line are being forced to come up with creative methods to hire teachers ...Read more