By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works RALEIGH (August 20, 2025) – It’s no secret that pay is a concern for North Carolina teachers – the latest report from the National Education Association ranks the state 43rd in the U.S. for average teacher salaries. It hasn’t always been this way. Based on a table from the… READ MORE
Lessons Learned: Why don’t we invest in our children?
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works RALEIGH (August 14, 2025) – As students head back to the classroom, we’re diving deeper into the struggles educators are dealing with in our state. Over the next several weeks, we will publish a series of articles to address how legislative actions – and inaction – in North Carolina… READ MORE
Eroding and politicizing higher ed in NC
By Ed Samulski Cary Boshamer Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL (August 6, 2025) – As a teenager in South Carolina applying to college in the late 1950s, I saw the qualitative difference between the economies of the Carolinas; everyone attributed North Carolina’s superiority in all areas to… READ MORE
Art Padilla: Tone deafness uninterrupted
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH (July 18, 2025) – The financial and political attacks on universities are both extreme and broad-based. The collateral damage being done to our nation’s scientific capabilities is still impressively underestimated. The latest chapter in the decline of American science is the US Housing Department’s (HUD) brazen take-over, without previous warning, of the National… READ MORE
GERGEN: ‘Let’s not go back, let’s not go backward’
LEXINGTON, Mass. (July 16, 2025) – Durham native David Gergen died last week after serving a vast array of roles as a political insider: Communication advisor to four presidents, editor of U.S. News & World Report, CNN commentator, Duke and Harvard instructor. Gergen is remembered for his civility – a calm yet somehow forceful… READ MORE
Fulton: Unbelievable! Embarrassing!
By Paul Fulton Public Ed Works WINSTON-SALEM (June 24, 2025) – It is unbelievable and embarrassing that our public schools (PreK-12) are where they are today, ranking 48th in the nation in per-student funding and 49th in funding effort. This while our state is booming economically and ranked No. 1 nationally as the best climate… READ MORE
A work requirement for state legislators?
RALEIGH (July 9, 2025) – Congress spent weeks recently debating a work requirement for Medicaid recipients – poor people. Well maybe we need a work requirement for state legislators. After six months in session, the legislators North Carolina elects to adopt a state budget every two years went home two weeks ago without adopting one.1… READ MORE
Lambeth on state budget: ‘It’ll be a while.’
RALEIGH (July 2, 2025) – State legislators went home last week for a couple of months without adopting a budget for 2025-27 – their basic duty as legislators. The 2025-26 fiscal year started yesterday. And schools will open next month regardless of whether legislators have approved a budget – or raises for teachers. In the… READ MORE
Tom Campbell: Giving in instead of digging in
RALEIGH (July 2, 2025) – Once upon a time, not many years ago, North Carolina had a dream. A dream shared by parents and politicians, by citizens and educators. We boldly dreamed our state would achieve excellence in public education. Not content to be average, we wanted to be in the top tier of states…. READ MORE
King Prather: A father’s fear
By N. King Prather Public Ed Works CARY (July 2, 2025) – My daughter, Lindsey Prather, is a public servant, an elected government official. A former educator, at 36 she is the youngest female in the North Carolina legislature. I could not be more proud of her. I could not be more afraid for her… READ MORE
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