By Lloyd Kramer CHAPEL HILL (January 22, 2026) – The recent announcement that UNC-Chapel Hill plans to close its six thriving Global Studies Centers is the wrong response to current financial ...

WINSTON-SALEM (January 22, 2026) – We’re all adapting to the world of artificial intelligence. Some folks thrive with it. Others struggle to trust it. But one thing’s for sure: It’s not ...

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WINSTON-SALEM (January 15, 2025) – A nonprofit is trying to uplift one of the oldest Black neighborhoods in Forsyth County by improving access to education. Boston-Thurmond United ...

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 ...

RALEIGH (January 7, 2026) – We need to either revamp the so-called North Carolina Education Lottery or remove ‘Education’ from its name. It’s a scam – a fraud the state of ...

By Shawnice Meador, President, Executive Director of Public Ed Works RALEIGH (January 6, 2026) – At Public Ed Works, we’re stepping into the year with energy, urgency, and deep commitment to North ...

RALEIGH (December 31, 2025) – 2025 was noteworthy more for what didn’t happen in North Carolina than what did. In fact, the word of the year for North Carolina might be ...

RALEIGH (December 31, 2025) – Public Ed Works thanks you for another year of support for our local public schools.  Now, more than ever, it’s important to make your voice heard. ...

By Don Martin WINSTON-SALEM (December 23, 2025) – In 2013, the NC General Assembly passed the “Opportunity Scholarship” law to provide scholarship funds for low-income students who wished to attend private ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Gov. Jim Hunt advanced public education in North Carolina in many, many ways – but mainly by setting high expectations in the days before the state’s governors had ...