RALEIGH (January 10, 2024) – After North Carolina started this school year with 3,500 teacher vacancies – only because schools hired 1,400 more unlicensed teachers than the year before1 – the state struggles to refill its teacher pipeline. But a state commission just gave 130 students a generous boost to become teachers. The NC Teaching… READ MORE
RALEIGH (January 4, 2024) – The 2024 elections will be important to America – and to the future of American democracy. But they also will be vitally important to the future of North Carolina and its children. From governor to state legislators to local school boards, the state’s voters will make critical choices up and… READ MORE
RALEIGH (December 28, 2023) – It might seem strange to complain about underfunding of public education in a year when North Carolina had a $4.8 billion budget surplus.1 But it’s true. In a year when: North Carolina ranked 50th of 50 states in the percentage of GDP it devotes to K-12 public education, The state… READ MORE
RALEIGH (December 20, 2023) – Give Lee Roberts a chance. As sad and needless as the departure of Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz is, UNC-Chapel Hill and the state need Roberts to succeed as the University’s interim chancellor. As a member of the UNC Board of Governors, Roberts has behaved professionally and demonstrated he is plenty smart… READ MORE
By Don Martin WINSTON-SALEM (December 7, 2023) – In 2011, I served as Superintendent of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. At that time, the school district focused on developing every school and the central office into a learning organization. The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School district’s aspiration was for all students to meet their expected growth (as determined… READ MORE
RALEIGH (December 13, 2023) – Higher Ed Works is now Public Ed Works. Public Ed Works focuses on increasing residents’ knowledge of public education in North Carolina. We educate state residents about the benefits our public education systems provide and explain how public schools are funded and supported. North Carolina has been ranked the… READ MORE
EAST LANSING, Mich. (December 8, 2023) – They drove him out. As Higher Ed Works Chair Paul Fulton told us more than two weeks ago, the NC General Assembly, the UNC Board of Governors and especially the current UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees all but made it certain that Kevin Guskiewicz – a MacArthur “genius… READ MORE
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, News & Observer Associate Opinion Editor Ned Barnett looked up a speech Kennedy gave at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1961 and found it still bears great relevance today. We reprint it here with permission from the News & Observer. By Ned Barnett RALEIGH (November… READ MORE
CHAPEL HILL (November 29, 2023) – UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz is considering an offer to leave Chapel Hill to become president of Michigan State University.1 In a striking show of support from University faculty, though, Faculty Chair Beth Moracco shared the following letter with Guskiewicz, UNC-CH’s Board of Trustees and the UNC Board of… READ MORE
RALEIGH (November 29, 2023) – We’re glad John Preyer doesn’t dispute the many ways public education has been damaged in North Carolina. Higher Ed Works Chair Paul Fulton authored a column last week that said it’s no wonder UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz is considering a job as president of Michigan State University, given… READ MORE
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