By Leslie Boney GREENSBORO (July 31, 2024) – The Ready for School, Ready for Life initiative in Guilford County has brought together private foundations, nonprofits, the health department, educators, physicians, parents, ...

RALEIGH (July 11, 2024) – Amid an intense discussion of education options in North Carolina, the NC School Boards Association launched a campaign this week with a simple message: Public ...

By Mary Ann Wolf Executive Director Public School Forum of NC RALEIGH (July 3, 2024) – This year, my youngest child, Andrew, graduated from high school. And, yes, I am feeling all of ...

By Eric Johnson HARKERS ISLAND (July 3, 2024) – North Carolina is one of the fastest-growing states in the country, and that’s been true for a while now. Since 2020, we’ve attracted ...

GREENSBORO (July 3, 2024) – It took three years, but we’re finally seeing progress to produce more nurses in North Carolina. Our Nursing Education series in 2021 pointed out that the ...

RALEIGH (June 27, 2024) – “Budget deal eludes GOP,” said a headline this week in the News & Observer.1 So let’s get this straight: Republicans have a supermajority in both houses ...

GREENSBORO (June 21, 2024) – As a civil engineering professor, James R. Martin II’s research focus was earthquake preparedness. That might well have prepared him to deal with the shifting landscape ...

RALEIGH (June 20, 2024) – At least the state House is making an effort. At a stalemate in budget negotiations with the state Senate, the 2024-25 budget Republican leaders in the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Public Ed Works shares this through a collaboration with our friends at the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Please note the statistics below on how many private ...

RALEIGH (June 13, 2024) – After UNC Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees voted last month to transfer $2.3 million from Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs to public safety, UNC System ...