By Becca Pipitone A career in teaching is a labor of love in any state in this country, but here in North Carolina the sacrifices that teachers make to continue showing ...

When it comes to funding public education, North Carolina is failing. The Education Law Center’s (ELC) latest report gives North Carolina an “F” for funding level and effort. The best ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works MIDDLEBURG (June 9, 2026) – Vance County Schools elementary teacher Loricia Martin is teaching in the same system she grew up in and hoping to change ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  CHAPEL HILL (May 22, 2026) – Students at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are learning science through hands-on experiences after a new state science standard rollout and ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works  RALEIGH (May 14, 2026) – During Teacher Appreciation Week, Public Ed Works staff launched our latest billboard campaign and shared heartwarming stories about the teachers who ...

RALEIGH (May 1, 2026) – Thousands of North Carolina teachers made a lot of noise in Raleigh on Friday. The question is whether they made a difference. Teachers came from Halifax County, ...

GREENSBORO (May 5, 2026) – North Carolinians – and especially Guilford County residents – connect these dots: News Item, May 1: State vouchers send $31 million to private schools in Guilford ...