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 linked through slavery. Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and De Kirkpatrick shared a last name, but not a race. When Jimmie discovered that De’s ancestors owned… READ MORE
UNC engineering: A gap of 2,600 degrees a year
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 build its engineering programs – not to infringe on other engineering schools in the UNC System, but to build on programs it already has…. READ MORE
Community college supports hydroponic farm growth
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 James Sprunt Community College. College staff encourage local farmers and students to explore hydroponic farming at the shipping container at their on-campus farm…. READ MORE
Roberts: UNC must keep up with NC’s growth
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, at a time when many universities across the country see declining enrollment due to reduced birth rates, the UNC System sees increasing enrollment. North… READ MORE
Eastern NC Latino Center supports continuing education
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 opened in 2023. “We basically are a centralized location so that individuals who may not be able to speak fluent English or their… READ MORE
Tenure: Are Bigger Issues Afoot with the UNC System?
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 six professors that the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees considered for new tenured appointments on May 13.1 Provost Magnus Egerstedt, along with faculty, had… READ MORE
Donations make hands-on science learning possible
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 donations from a local public school foundation. “They really enjoy it,” Smith Middle School science teacher Tate Little said. “I can see they… READ MORE
Art Padilla on UNCW med school: Of politics, not in politics
By Art Padilla We may soon discover how many millions of dollars North Carolina taxpayers are willing to pay for institutional ego. WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH (May 22, 2026) – A recent UNC-Wilmington request to establish a third taxpayer-funded medical school within the UNC System recalls an earlier and defining chapter in North Carolina higher education. As… READ MORE
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 raise of 8% for our state’s public-school teachers. In particular, we’re grateful to House Speaker Destin Hall and House Appropriations Senior Chair Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth,… 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 shaped us. And this week, legislators announced an agreement on average teacher raises of 8%! We’re grateful to the legislators who hammered out the… READ MORE
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