RALEIGH (February 19, 2025) – Proponents of using North Carolina taxpayer funds for millionaires to send their children to private schools love to talk about “choice” and how “choice” provided by the “Opportunity Scholarships” will be good for every child in North Carolina in the long run. Based on experiences of other states, if North… READ MORE
2024: An onslaught on public education
RALEIGH (December 26, 2024) – 2024 marked a continuing – and at times audacious – eating away at public schools in North Carolina. Governing boards appointed directly or indirectly by state legislators drove away a chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill, asserted control over athletic conference switches, and did away with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs at… 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
Green on teacher pay: Voices of the many
RALEIGH (December 19, 2024) – As he mounts an effort to raise teacher pay in North Carolina, incoming State Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green knows it will take a team. In any of the things he will do as state superintendent, he says in the accompanying video, “I’m not going to be doing them by myself…. READ MORE
Green: Business community must be involved
RALEIGH (December 19, 2024) – North Carolina’s business community has a vested interest in its public schools. And it needs to act on it, the state’s incoming Superintendent of Public Instruction says. “My idea of ‘public schools’ is to focus on both of those words,” State Superintendent-Elect Maurice “Mo” Green says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
Roberts: I report to one person
CHAPEL HILL (December 12, 2024) – It seems there’s tension on every college campus these days, from governing boards to student protests. In North Carolina, governance can seem complex: There’s a Board of Governors for the UNC System, which is appointed by state legislators. There’s a System President. There’s a Board of Trustees at each… READ MORE
‘Upheaval and uncertainty’ in college athletics
CHAPEL HILL (December 12, 2024) – It’s an understatement to say these are uncertain times in college sports. Conferences stretch from coast to coast. A transfer portal makes every athlete a free agent. NIL payments to athletes – does it stand for “name, image and likeness” or “Now It’s Legal”? “No one’s seen a situation… READ MORE
FULTON: Do we see the connection between business and public schools?
By Paul Fulton Chair, Public Ed Works RALEIGH (December 5, 2024) – Once upon a time, North Carolina was a leader in public education. The president of the state Chamber of Commerce was also the chair of the State Board of Education. Average teacher pay in North Carolina ranked 19th in the nation in 2001.1… READ MORE
Thanksgiving 2024: Thanks to you
RALEIGH (November 27, 2024) – It’s been a tumultuous fall. But on the eve of this uniquely American holiday, we give thanks for you, our followers and subscribers. We share a common belief in public education in our state. And even if we don’t always agree, we are thankful that we can do so agreeably,… READ MORE
Vouchers = Resegregation
RALEIGH (November 27, 2024) – Does North Carolina – once a beacon of the New South – really want to remain a segregated state of the 1950s? An analysis this month from ProPublica indicates it does. ProPublica’s study identified 20 private “segregation academies” in North Carolina that were founded in the 1960s and 1970s whose… READ MORE
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