BENSON (November 1, 2023) – Is North Carolina spending enough on public education? The vast divide between conservative and progressive answers to that question was on full display at a recent debate on education funding. The forum at the Benson Civic Center was the final installment in a four-week series of Home Town Debates on… READ MORE
7% over two years? Simply not enough.
RALEIGH (September 22, 2023) – It’s simply not enough. At a time when North Carolina children started school with 3,500 teaching positions vacant and with more than 20% of state jobs vacant,1 state legislators approved a budget today – almost three months late – that provides teachers and state employees raises of 4% this year… READ MORE
Leslie Boney: The new threats to free speech on campus
Sixty years ago this week, North Carolina legislators shut down free speech on college campuses across the state. Today, free speech on campus is under threat again — in some cases from the outside by legislators and in other cases from the inside by students and faculty. We need to save it. On June 25,… READ MORE
Roy Williams on teacher pay: ‘Come on, man!’
CHAPEL HILL (June 22, 2023) – When he lists his heroes – other than his mother – Hall of Fame Coach Roy Williams lists his teachers. “The most important people to me in my entire life were my high school and elementary school teachers. No one ever was as important to me as those people… READ MORE
Defending Carolina’s priceless gem, Part III
Affirming Academic Freedom at the Nation’s First Public University EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the third installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. By Lloyd Kramer Some academic colleagues and some… READ MORE
Lawmakers show what they mean by school choice
RALEIGH (June 1, 2023) – State legislators are moving to dramatically expand vouchers to attend private schools this year, lifting income limits on who qualifies and raising state spending on vouchers to more than half a billion dollars a year by 2032-33.1 Make no mistake – budgets are about choices. And state legislators are choosing… READ MORE
Defending Carolina’s priceless gem, Part I
Academic Freedom is the Foundation for Great Universities EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first installment of a three-part essay by Lloyd Kramer, a professor of history and former Chair of the Faculty Council at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1986. By Lloyd Kramer Almost 700 faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill… READ MORE
Senate budget: Simply not enough
RALEIGH (May 18, 2023) – It’s simply not enough. The budget proposal released this week by the state Senate is simply not enough to improve public education in North Carolina. There’s an undeniable link between education and a skilled workforce. Yet state legislators don’t seem to get that. At a time when average teacher pay… READ MORE
What to do with an extra $3B?
RALEIGH (March 1, 2023) – North Carolina will finish the current budget year with $3.25 billion – 10.7% – more revenue than it budgeted for the year, state economists reported last month. The consensus report from economists for the General Assembly and the Governor’s Office attributed the additional funds to a smaller-than-expected decline in individual… READ MORE
Will the NC Chamber walk the walk?
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK (August 11, 2022) – There were lots of nice words at the NC Chamber’s annual Education and the Workforce Conference last week – lots of great ideas shared. Which made it that much more difficult to square with the Chamber’s actions the week before. First, though, some of those ideas: Durham Tech… READ MORE
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