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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

  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 ...

By James Strope Principal, Onslow Early College High School EDITOR’S NOTE: Below, an eastern North Carolina principal shares one unique struggle students face after legislators failed to pass a budget on time. JACKSONVILLE ...

RALEIGH (April 23, 2026) – State legislators returned to Raleigh for their so-called “short” session this week with some very basic jobs to finish. Here’s what they need to do: Adopt a ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works (RALEIGH) –  Several nonprofits and concerned citizens gathered in front of the NC General Assembly Tuesday just hours before the start of the new session to ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works CHAPEL HILL (April 23, 2026) – Former Coach Anson Dorrance of the UNC-Chapel Hill women’s soccer team and his daughter, Natalie Dorrance Harris, a school librarian, ...

By Tom Oxholm RALEIGH (April 16, 2026) – There is a crisis in North Carolina of underfunding our public schools (including Charters). Consider these facts: •NC is 50th in the country in ...