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
$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
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