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 ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 11, 2026) – Some of the diseases children face require highly specialized care.  And they should not have to leave North Carolina to get it. So new funds for ...

By Holden Thorp Science EDITORS NOTE: Scientific research is in danger thanks to a proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB is seeking to revise the ...

By J. Drew Tonissen In 2024, I stood in a Charlotte auditorium watching two Myers Park High School alumni, one Black and one White, discuss how they discovered their lives were ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 3, 2026) – North Carolina needs more engineers. It’s that simple. In the accompanying video, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts makes the case for why Carolina plans to ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  WARSAW (June 3, 2026) – From tomatoes to strawberries to edible flowers, students have tried to grow just about everything in an old shipping container at ...

CHAPEL HILL (May 28, 2026) – UNC-Chapel Hill hasn’t kept up with North Carolina’s growth. But it intends to now, with a plan to add 5,000 students over 10 years. Incredibly, ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  KENANSVILLE (May 28, 2026) – James Sprunt Community College is meeting the needs of Spanish-speaking people in Eastern North Carolina through the Latino Education Center, which ...

CHAPEL HILL (May 22, 2026) – Once again, the University of North Carolina has become a culture-war battleground with the recent denial of tenure for Kiran Asher. Asher was one of ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  CHAPEL HILL (May 22, 2026) – Students at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are learning science through hands-on experiences after a new state science standard rollout and ...