By Doug Shackelford and Paul Fulton Public Ed Works RALEIGH (February 12, 2026) – It’s been nine months since the North Carolina House passed a bipartisan budget that would finally give our schoolchildren the support they need and the teachers the pay they deserve. The House plan would raise starting teacher salaries to $50,000 next… READ MORE
Hugh McColl on NC schools: ‘Let’s don’t let ‘em down’
CHARLOTTE (February 12, 2026) – The former Chairman and CEO of Bank of America knows a thing or two about building talent. But he’s alarmed at what he sees happening to North Carolina’s public schools. “I’ve been very disturbed to find that we’ve losing ground in the schools,” Hugh McColl says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
Bilas on teacher pay: ‘That’s how North Carolina wins’
CHARLOTTE (February 5, 2026) – ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas doesn’t hesitate to share opinions. And he has thoughts about how North Carolina treats its public school teachers. In the accompanying video, Bilas recounts how he and his wife raised their children here and sent them to North Carolina schools, living in Charlotte for the… READ MORE
64% increase in Teaching Fellows!
RALEIGH (January 29, 2026) – The NC Teaching Fellows – which offer forgivable loans of up to $10,000 a year to aspiring teachers at our state’s universities – have seen extraordinary growth in the past year despite limits imposed by state legislators. And that’s cause for celebration. The program grew from 575 would-be teachers in… READ MORE
NC shortchanges its children – on purpose
By Emma Battle Public Ed Works RALEIGH (January 8, 2025) – Are North Carolina’s neighborhood public schools failing our children — or are we failing to support our neighborhood public schools? A recent Elon University poll suggests many North Carolinians believe traditional public schools are not serving students well. That frustration is real, and it… READ MORE
Playing charades or choosing children?
By Dr. Deanna Townsend-Smith Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity & Opportunity RALEIGH (December 17, 2025) – In North Carolina, we are watching a disturbing choice play out in real time: Playing charades over prioritizing the public educational needs of children. At a moment when students and districts are struggling under the weight of unmet… READ MORE
Padilla: Teachers and shortages
By Art Padilla WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH (December 10, 2025) – When the Ida and William Friday Building at UNC–Charlotte was dedicated in 1982, Wilma Thornburg—Bill Friday’s elementary school teacher—sat on the platform between the Fridays as their proud guest. She had taught Bill in nearby Dallas, North Carolina, long before he became UNC’s iconic president. But… READ MORE
Mo Green: ‘Lift back up public education’
RALEIGH (December 19, 2024) – North Carolina just learned that, for the second year in a row, it ranks 48th in the nation for per-pupil funding and 49th for how much of its economy it devotes to public schools. “North Carolina is basically a situation of missed opportunity,” the research director at the Education Law… READ MORE
Uphold the voucher veto
RALEIGH (October 4, 2024) – North Carolina legislators will soon be able to stop a massive expansion of private-school vouchers that would pose a drain on the state’s public schools. They should undoubtedly uphold Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the bill. The bill legislators approved last month would commit $4 billion in taxpayer dollars over… READ MORE
Tom Oxholm: Strong K-12 public education is vital for business
RALEIGH (September 24, 2026) – Every business leader knows that our companies are only as good as our people. But too many of us think that because North Carolina’s community colleges and universities are well-regarded and companies keep moving here, our public K-12 education must be in good shape. Wrong! Astonishingly, only about 30% of… READ MORE
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