By Mary Ann Wolf Executive Director Public School Forum of NC RALEIGH (July 3, 2024) – This year, my youngest child, Andrew, graduated from high school. And, yes, I am feeling all of the pride and all of the empty-nest fears that go with that. However, the part of the graduation celebrations that struck me… READ MORE
Teaching a love of North Carolina
By Eric Johnson HARKERS ISLAND (July 3, 2024) – North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the country, and that’s been true for a while now. Since 2020, we’ve attracted newcomers at the rate of about 99,000 a year — the equivalent of adding an Asheville every year, according to the number crunchers… READ MORE
UNCG: 50% more nurses
GREENSBORO (July 3, 2024) – It took three years, but we’re finally seeing progress to produce more nurses in North Carolina. Our Nursing Education series in 2021 pointed out that the primary bottleneck in North Carolina’s nursing shortage is a shortage of instructors – due to the simple financial arithmetic that they can make more… READ MORE
A dysfunctional legislature
RALEIGH (June 27, 2024) – “Budget deal eludes GOP,” said a headline this week in the News & Observer.1 So let’s get this straight: Republicans have a supermajority in both houses of the General Assembly – they have enough votes to override the governor’s veto even if he doesn’t like their version of a state… READ MORE
A new Martin at N.C. A&T: ‘We’re about excellence’
GREENSBORO (June 21, 2024) – As a civil engineering professor, James R. Martin II’s research focus was earthquake preparedness. That might well have prepared him to deal with the shifting landscape of higher education in North Carolina – and the nation. Martin, named Friday as the new Chancellor at N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University,… READ MORE
House budget: A gesture to help
RALEIGH (June 20, 2024) – At least the state House is making an effort. At a stalemate in budget negotiations with the state Senate, the 2024-25 budget Republican leaders in the House are moving this week responds to at least some screaming needs: In a state that lost 10,000 K-12 public school teachers last year,… READ MORE
School choice? Or schools’ choice?
EDITOR’S NOTE: Public Ed Works shares this through a collaboration with our friends at the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Please note the statistics below on how many private schools discriminate in admissions. By Elizabeth Paul and Mary Ann Wolf Public School Forum of NC RALEIGH (June 13, 2024) – Decisions about education are… READ MORE
Chain of command: Chancellor answers to UNC President
RALEIGH (June 13, 2024) – After UNC Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees voted last month to transfer $2.3 million from Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs to public safety, UNC System President Peter Hans made it clear the trustees don’t have that power. Hans told reporters the Chapel Hill board’s action was “not in compliance with… READ MORE
Run government like a business? Pay attention to DEI
RALEIGH (June 13, 2024) – News Item: “Across U.S. corporations, 72% of C-suite and HR leaders intend to increase their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the next two years, and only 4% plan to cut back or eliminate programs.” Then why, pray tell, are the people who say government – including state… READ MORE
Lee Roberts: ‘We don’t have a more important institution’
CHAPEL HILL (June 6, 2024) – After clashes with protesters and a “symbolic” vote by trustees to transfer funds out of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, “What I say is that all are welcome here, and that this university is for everybody,” says UNC Chapel Hill’s interim chancellor. Leoneda Inge, co-host of WUNC’s Due South,… READ MORE
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