RALEIGH (July 9, 2026) – The $34 billion budget that Gov. Josh Stein signed Tuesday is a start, not a finish. First, it’s a year overdue — North Carolina’s legislature was ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works MIDDLEBURG (June 9, 2026) – Vance County Schools elementary teacher Loricia Martin is teaching in the same system she grew up in and hoping to change ...

By Ginny Gaylor Public Ed Works “I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves, (A)nd if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise ...

According to Article 9, section 2 of the North Carolina constitution, “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 2, 2026) – As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts sees connections with the founding of the ...

Aisosa Limon, a rising sophomore at Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy speaks on North Carolina legislators’ failure to pass a budget and the resulting effects on school staffing and student ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  CHARLOTTE (June 25, 2026) – Entrepreneur Christopher Moxley, who co-founded 704shop, a Charlotte-based lifestyle brand, is speaking out on public education issues in North Carolina. Moxley grew ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  ROCKY MOUNT (June 18, 2026) – Nash County educator Jamilah Bullock was serving as an assistant principal in Rocky Mount when she was laid off from ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 18, 2026) – Research gives patients hope — and oh, what research is happening at the UNC School of Medicine.  Dr. Cristy Page likes to describe it as ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  TARBORO (June 11, 2026) – Edgecombe County Teacher Owen Cole said it wasn’t until he started filling out his personal statement on a medical school application ...