CHAPEL HILL (March 23, 2024) – Here we go: The search “advisory” committee for a new chancellor at UNC Chapel Hill met for the first time Thursday under a policy ...

By David Rice Executive Director, Public Ed Works WINCHESTER, Va. (March 23, 2024) – The following is an exchange this week between my high school English teacher and my high school math ...

By Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein CHAPEL HILL (March 13, 2024) – Much has been written about how confidence in higher education has plummeted. As devastating as they are, the surveys ...

By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (March 13, 2024) – Despite the ivory tower stereotype, American universities are marked by their embrace of pragmatic education. We’re the country that invented land-grant colleges devoted ...

KERNERSVILLE (March 6, 2024) – Stephanie Wallace is one masterful teacher. Wallace, who teaches English and Teacher Cadets at East Forsyth High School, has an amazing 180 former students who are ...

By Deanna Townsend-Smith, Ed.D. RALEIGH (March 6, 2024) – Black History Month was an opportunity to reflect on the past and to imagine the possibility and benefits of maintaining a diverse society. It ...

RALEIGH (February 29, 2024) – One thing that’s not increasing in price these days is tuition for North Carolina college students. For the eighth year in a row, the UNC Board ...

By Eric Johnson RALEIGH (February 29, 2024) – “How much does college cost?” is one of the more confounding questions in American life. It depends on where you attend, how you choose ...

RALEIGH (February 22, 2024) – In a lawsuit that’s lasted almost 30 years, lawyers argued before the NC Supreme Court today about lofty concepts like jurisdiction and who has authority ...

DURHAM (February 15, 2024) – The tragic closures of Durham schools in recent weeks forced a superintendent and a CFO to resign, infuriated parents and damaged trust in the schools.  Worst ...