- Is NC spending enough on public education?BENSON (November 1, 2023) – Is North Carolina spending enough on public education? The vast divide between conservative and progressive answers to that question was on full display at a ...Read more
- NC teacher pay: ‘My heart breaks’RALEIGH (October 24, 2023) – “My heart breaks.” That phrase was repeated more than once in a recent discussion of teacher pay and recruitment in North Carolina. The forum at Meredith College ...Read more
- Leandro judge takes issue with HoodRALEIGH (November 7, 2023) – In an op-ed piece that appeared in North Carolina newspapers last weekend, conservative columnist John Hood argued that high-poverty schools in the state already get ...Read more
- $500M in vouchers for private schoolsSANFORD (October 10, 2023) – Is North Carolina’s dramatic expansion of vouchers for private schools – with no limits on family income – an effort to find what’s best for ...Read more
- What’s next in UNC admissions case? ‘Hard work’https://youtu.be/JUyjtddUNKg HENDERSON (October 3, 2023) – What will happen after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions in June? Opinions varied widely in a recent ...Read more
- Gilliam: Scare tactics harm UNCGBy Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr.UNC Greensboro GREENSBORO (October 26, 2023) – In any industry, companies review their product or service and make necessary adjustments based on market demand, relevance, quality, and ...Read more
- Goldstein: Lemons to lemonade – The UNC School of Civic LifeBy Buck Goldstein CHAPEL HILL (October 19, 2023) – I’ve attended many faculty meetings at UNC Chapel Hill over the last 20 years. I assumed I had heard everything. Between the athletics ...Read more
- UNC System officials praise state budgetRALEIGH (October 19, 2023) – UNC System officials predictably praised the new 2023-25 state budget today, saying it puts money into both UNC’s people and its property. “Faculty and staff work ...Read more
- The good and bad of the new state budgetRALEIGH (October 12, 2023) – There are some good things in the state’s new $30 billion budget. And there’s plenty of bad Gov. Roy Cooper had to accept to win ...Read more
- You can’t buy excellence, but you must pay for it.By Art Padilla RALEIGH (October 4, 2023) – The UNC System announced recently that tuition at the 16 campuses has not changed in eight years. In no small part, this reflects ...Read more