- Helene’s damage to UNC System: “Nothing catastrophic”RALEIGH (October 17, 2024) – Hurricane Helene inflicted tens of millions of dollars of damage on UNC System schools, but “nothing catastrophic,” UNC System officials said today. Jennifer Haygood, the System’s ...Read more
- NC Promise works. General Assembly doesn’t. Keep the Promise.RALEIGH (October 18, 2024) – NC Promise – which promises $500-a-semester tuition at four UNC System campuses – appears to be working. The North Carolina General Assembly – which failed to ...Read more
- Roberts: What an extraordinary institutionCHAPEL HILL (October 11, 2024) – As he prepared for his formal installation today, we asked UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts what he’s learned about the university during his time ...Read more
- Roberts on DEI: ‘Carolina is a place for everybody.’CHAPEL HILL (October 11, 2024) – Court and governing-board decisions about diversity on campus seem headed a particular way at UNC-Chapel Hill. But the university’s new chancellor says the university ...Read more
- Uphold the voucher vetoRALEIGH (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 ...Read more
- Help with Helene recoveryRALEIGH (October 4, 2024) – The destruction Hurricane Helene brought to Western North Carolina last week was unimaginable – in fact, we still don’t know the cost. And we don’t ...Read more
- Tom Oxholm: Strong K-12 public education is vital for businessRALEIGH (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 ...Read more
- Tribute to Paul Fulton on his 90th birthdayCHAPEL HILL (Where else? September 19, 2024) – A tribute to Paul Fulton to celebrate his 90th birthday and the 10th anniversary of Public Ed Works:Read more
- Stark differences between superintendent candidatesRALEIGH (September 18, 2024) – A debate Saturday between the candidates for North Carolina’s Superintendent of Public Instruction painted stark differences between Democrat Mo Green and Republican Michele Morrow. With little ...Read more
- The squandered promise of general educationBy Andrew J. Perrin and A.T. Panter CHAPEL HILL (September 18, 2024) –General Education. Distribution Requirements. Such standards – required by nearly every institution of higher learning and prescribed by most ...Read more