Education lottery needs a new name
North Carolinians often misunderstand just how little the lottery actually raises for public education. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Public Ed Works
NC shortchanges its children - on purpose
Decades of underfunding public education is not abstract policy. It is a deliberate choice with real consequences. Read More
2025: The year nothing happened
If North Carolina legislators don’t recognize the need to invest in the state’s schools, its teachers and – most of all – its 1.5 million public-school students who are our future workforce, this state won’t remain No. 1 for business. Read More
Public schools offer a better choice
Since private school enrollment as a percentage of traditional school enrollment only grew 2/10 of 1% between 2023 and 2025, it appears that most of the growth in voucher payments resulted from students who were already attending a private school and now receive a voucher. Read More
Playing charades or choosing children?
We must all ask a basic question: Who are our decisions truly serving and what return are we expecting? Read More
NC’s educator pipeline: Urgent need for state action
North Carolina continues to fall short in preparing, hiring, and retaining educators of color. 57.2% of North Carolina’s public school students identified as students of color, while 29.4% of the state’s educators are nonwhite. Read More
No Christmas for North Carolina
Because our legislature has failed to do its job and pass a budget for our state there might be some empty stockings this Christmas. Read More
Educators exit NC for better pay
Not only is the pay better but so is compensation for duties outside teaching. Some have almost doubled their pay. Read More
A strategic imperative: Elevate communication in higher education
Communication is not fluff. It is performance infrastructure. Research shows that more than three-quarters of a leader’s time is spent communicating—and top performers treat it as essential as strategy or finance. Read More
Time to pay attention
Pay attention to the excuses our state legislators serve up for not meeting the public education needs of a rapidly growing state. Read More
