- A starting thank-you to legislators
RALEIGH (May 14, 2026) – We don’t know all the important details yet, but we’re grateful to state legislators for their announcement this week that they’ve agreed on an average ...Read more - ‘Pay the dadgum teachers!’ campaign launches
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works RALEIGH (May 14, 2026) – During Teacher Appreciation Week, Public Ed Works staff launched our latest billboard campaign and shared heartwarming stories about the teachers who ...Read more - A banner year for NC voucher-accepting private schools
By Public Schools First NC RALEIGH (May 9, 2026) – Last school year (2024-25) was the first time voucher eligibility was open to all families regardless of prior public school attendance ...Read more - Roberts: UNC faculty ‘the core of everything we do’
CHAPEL HILL (May 6, 2026) – There have been questions in recent years about how much University of North Carolina governing boards and administrators respect the role of the faculty ...Read more - The march: What don’t legislators get?
RALEIGH (May 1, 2026) – Thousands of North Carolina teachers made a lot of noise in Raleigh on Friday. The question is whether they made a difference. Teachers came from Halifax County, ...Read more - Vouchers up, local public schools down
GREENSBORO (May 5, 2026) – North Carolinians – and especially Guilford County residents – connect these dots: News Item, May 1: State vouchers send $31 million to private schools in Guilford ...Read more - Rural districts disheartened by Leandro ruling
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works RAEFORD (May 5, 2026) – Two rural school districts that were plaintiffs in the 32-year-old Leandro suit over state support for public schools are still reeling ...Read more - 46th in teacher pay: NC stands still. Other states surge ahead.
RALEIGH (April 29, 2026) – What a predictable embarrassment. As the only state in the country that didn’t adopt a new budget for 2025-26, North Carolina didn’t do squat for ...Read more - Stein: Schools ‘one area where we cannot afford to fall behind’
RALEIGH (April 29, 2026) – As legislators returned to Raleigh last week, Gov. Josh Stein made his own proposal for a 2026-27 state budget that they would be wise to ...Read more - Roberts: Running a university without a state budget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9id8r4YwxVc&feature=youtu.be CHAPEL HILL (April 29, 2026) – How do you run a massive research university when the state legislature, amid persistent inflation, hasn’t adopted a new budget in three years? “It’s a ...Read more










