According to Article 9, section 2 of the North Carolina constitution, “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and otherwise for a general and uniform system of free public schools, ...

CHAPEL HILL (July 2, 2026) – As we approach the 250th anniversary of the founding of our country, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts sees connections with the founding of the ...

Aisosa Limon, a rising sophomore at Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy speaks on North Carolina legislators’ failure to pass a budget and the resulting effects on school staffing and student ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  CHARLOTTE (June 25, 2026) – Entrepreneur Christopher Moxley, who co-founded 704shop, a Charlotte-based lifestyle brand, is speaking out on public education issues in North Carolina. Moxley grew ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  ROCKY MOUNT (June 18, 2026) – Nash County educator Jamilah Bullock was serving as an assistant principal in Rocky Mount when she was laid off from ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 18, 2026) – Research gives patients hope — and oh, what research is happening at the UNC School of Medicine.  Dr. Cristy Page likes to describe it as ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  TARBORO (June 11, 2026) – Edgecombe County Teacher Owen Cole said it wasn’t until he started filling out his personal statement on a medical school application ...

CHAPEL HILL (June 11, 2026) – Some of the diseases children face require highly specialized care.  And they should not have to leave North Carolina to get it. So new funds for ...

By Holden Thorp Science EDITORS NOTE: Scientific research is in danger thanks to a proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB is seeking to revise the ...

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 ...