https://www.publicedworks.org/2025/06/ Summer is almost here and school is out, but let’s not forget to celebrate the great work of our public schools, our educators, students, and supportive families! RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) – In NC, the vast majority of our K-12 students are enrolled in public schools. Throughout our state, there are about 2,700 public… READ MORE
A toolkit for tomorrow’s teachers and today’s realities
By Dr. Laura Bilbro-Berry Public School Forum of NC Last month heralded the commencement season for colleges and universities across North Carolina. Within the class of 2025 are graduates who will be the state’s next generation of classroom teachers. These individuals have been trained to design organized and well-planned classrooms while delivering content… READ MORE
Tom Campbell: In support of Roy Cooper and public education
RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) – I recently read an opinion piece from a noted North Carolina columnist essentially blaming former governor Roy Cooper for the sharp decline in North Carolina student test scores during and after the COVID pandemic. It asserted that Cooper closed North Carolina public schools too soon and left them closed too… READ MORE
Budgetary storm clouds
RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) – Which would you believe – a nonpartisan staff or a politician? In February, a consensus forecast between the General Assembly’s Fiscal Research Division and the governor’s Office of State Budget and Management projected a slight increase (0.5%) in state revenues for 2025-26 – but an $823 million (2.4%) decline in… READ MORE
Raleigh wants to pay police better than teachers
RALEIGH (May 29, 2025) – News Item: “Raleigh to raise police, city employees’ pay, but will it be competitive enough?” The article this week in The News & Observer of Raleigh went on to recount how the city manager is proposing an 11% raise for police officers, in part due to attrition, understaffing and low… READ MORE
Living proof
By David Rice Public Ed Works RALEIGH (May 29, 2025) – After 54 years with Type I diabetes, I am alive today only because of science and a loving mother. It’s science that started with research on dogs in Toronto in 1921-22.1 I was fortunate in high school to meet one of the researchers who… READ MORE
House budget shows promise for teacher pay
RALEIGH (May 22, 2025) – For more than a decade, North Carolina has neglected the folks who teach our children. Average teacher pay in the state now ranks 43rd in the nation, and starting teacher pay ranks 39th.1 The state has seen thousands of teachers leave the classroom and has increased hiring of uncertified teachers. Starting… READ MORE
$2.6M proposed for WSSU Nursing Fellows
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WINSTON-SALEM (May 22, 2025) – The budget proposed by the NC House aims to invest $2.6 million in a nursing fellows pilot program at Winston-Salem State University to combat the state’s nursing shortage.1 Much like the state’s Teaching Fellows program, the funds would go toward forgivable loans that won’t… READ MORE
South Piedmont gets a winner
POLKTON (May 19, 2025) – Dr. Stacy Waters-Bailey, a senior administrator at Forsyth Tech, has been named the next president of South Piedmont Community College, which serves Union and Anson counties. Don’t read that as the announcement of just another community college president. You might recall that we interviewed Waters-Bailey three years ago at Forsyth… READ MORE
A new chancellor, a big raise and a new accreditor?
RALEIGH (May 16, 2025) – The UNC System’s governing board hired a new chancellor for Elizabeth City State University this week. It gave the System President a big raise. And the President raised the prospect of creating a new accrediting agency. The UNC Board of Governors named Dr. S. Keith Hargrove, formerly the provost at… READ MORE
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