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
$420M for rural care
RALEIGH (May 16, 2025) – If there’s any doubt about where North Carolina’s health-care needs are worst, they’re in rural North Carolina. UNC System President Peter Hans highlighted the NC General Assembly’s investments last year in rural health care this week, pointing to collaboration between UNC Health, ECU Health and even Duke Health: $420 million:… READ MORE
Native history, public history
By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (May 16, 2025) – When the historian Kathleen Duval first started teaching at UNC Chapel Hill back in 2003, she wanted her undergraduates to examine some of the common tropes they might hold about Native Americans. “I walked into the classroom expecting students to have these images of Indians riding… READ MORE
School leaders adapt to hiring challenges amid low pay
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works SYLVA (May 14, 2025) – North Carolina school district leaders on the state line are being forced to come up with creative methods to hire teachers as they grapple with the effects of low pay. The latest report released by the National Education Association found that average teacher pay… READ MORE
NC House lowers math requirements
By Heather Koons Public Schools First NC RALEIGH (May 10, 2025) – In another blow to public schools, a majority of House members voted this week to lower the high school mathematics graduation requirements for all public schools. Because the new, lower standards fall below the minimum admissions requirements for UNC system schools, the bill… READ MORE
Padilla: The decline of science
By Art Padilla WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH (May 10, 2025) – In his multi-volume A Study of History, Arnold Toynbee argued that civilizations die from “suicide” and not from “murder.” Decline comes from internal rot, not from external conquest. Toynbee wrote that collapse comes when civilizations lose their moral fiber, when they commit stunningly stupid acts. The… READ MORE
School leaders discouraged by low rank of NC teacher pay
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works HALIFAX (May 9, 2025) – School leaders across North Carolina are finding ways to cope with recruiting as the latest report released by the National Education Association found that average teacher pay in the state ranks 43rd in the nation. Carolyn Mitchell is the Executive Director of Human Resources… READ MORE
Eight hours of oblivion
By Eric Johnson CHAPEL HILL (May 9, 2025) – Staring at a phone for eight hours a day is bad, and not just because of the ill effects on test scores or adolescent social life. Staring at a phone for eight hours a day is bad in a first-principles, what are you doing with your… READ MORE
NC teacher pay now ranks 43rd
RALEIGH (May 1, 2025) – What will it take to make state legislators wake up? The National Education Association released its annual report on teacher pay this week, which found that average teacher pay in North Carolina slid five spots, from 38th to 43rd in the nation. Other states are investing in public school teachers…. READ MORE
Forehead-slapper
WINSTON-SALEM (May 1, 2025) – It’s a forehead-slapper. At a time when North Carolina desperately needs more public school teachers, the Trump administration cut them off. In February, the U.S. Department of Education announced it would terminate more than $600 million in grants for teacher recruitment and retention programs in Title 1 schools – schools… READ MORE
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