By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WINTERVILLE (March 11, 2026) – Public school leaders are coming together outside the classroom to improve the lives of Pitt County children and their families. IMPACT Leadership ...

By Public Schools First NC RALEIGH (March 7, 2026) – On March 4, NCDPI presented to the State Board of Education findings from the annual State of the Teaching and School ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WILMINGTON (March 6, 2026) – One eastern North Carolina nonprofit is trying to make a difference in public schools as they deal with underfunding and understaffing. Kendall ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrqDSggQ63k CHAPEL HILL (February 18, 2026) – Other than his mother, Coach Roy Williams says his biggest heroes are his teachers.1 “I’m very proud of North Carolina and want our state to ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works APEX (February 18, 2026) – Former Wake County teacher Kathryn Hall weighs in on how North Carolina can best support teachers as election season ramps up. “When ...

By Doug Shackelford and Paul Fulton Public Ed Works RALEIGH (February 12, 2026) – It’s been nine months since the North Carolina House passed a bipartisan budget that would finally give our ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHv1HairhB4 CHARLOTTE (February 12, 2026) – The former Chairman and CEO of Bank of America knows a thing or two about building talent. But he’s alarmed at what he sees happening to ...

CHARLOTTE (February 5, 2026) – ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas doesn’t hesitate to share opinions. And he has thoughts about how North Carolina treats its public school teachers. In the accompanying ...

RALEIGH (January 29, 2026) – The NC Teaching Fellows – which offer forgivable loans of up to $10,000 a year to aspiring teachers at our state’s universities – have seen ...

By Emma Battle Public Ed Works RALEIGH (January 8, 2025) – Are North Carolina’s neighborhood public schools failing our children — or are we failing to support our neighborhood public schools? A recent ...