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The message NC public school educators desperately want budget writers to hear
Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline
Last week was national Teacher Appreciation Week, a time to celebrate educators who show up for their students every…
2 months ago
Charlotte-Mecklenburg educator Justin Parmenter on public education funding and the May Day rally
Justin Parmenter (Courtesy photo)
Thousands of North Carolina public school teachers and their supporters converged on Raleigh this past Friday to d…
2 months, 1 week ago
State Rep. Renee Price on efforts to improve Black maternal health
State Rep. Renee Price (Photo: NCGA)
One especially vexing public health issue that continues to plague North Carolina is the persistent crisis in …
2 months, 1 week ago
Wake Ed Partnership’s Keith Poston on why education must be a priority this legislative session
Keith Poston, Wake Ed Partnership (Courtesy photo)
With the North Carolina General Assembly back in Raleigh for the 2026 session, the state of our …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How well states are doing in funding and supporting high quality pre-school
NIEER Senior Director and Founder Steve Barnett and the lead author of The State of Preschool Yearbook, Associate Research Professor Allison Friedman…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira on the rise in state lottery ticket sales
Robbie Sequeira (Courtesy photo)
It’s been 20 years now since North Carolina started its state lottery and with only a very few exceptions, state lott…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
NC Budget and Tax Center’s Sally Hodges Copple on the legislature’s worrisome tax triggers
Sally Hodges-Copple (Courtesy photo)
As state lawmakers return to Raleigh this week for their 2026 legislative short session, there’s one issue that…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Public School Forum’s Lauren Fox on the top education needs facing North Carolina
Public School Forum’s Lauren Fox (Courtesy photo)
The state of North Carolina finds itself in a fiscal policy mess thanks to a series of regressive …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
New York Times reporter Eduardo Medina on the seismic change in the NC Senate
New York Times reporter Eduardo Medina (Courtesy photo)
The biggest story in North Carolina politics right now – indeed, it’s a big national story –…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Elon University pollster Jason Husser on the war in Iran, Trump and attitudes of North Carolinians
Jason Husser (Photo: Elon.edu)
No world news development of the past few weeks has commanded more attention or spurred greater controversy than Pres…
3 months ago