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House budget takes more cautious approach on taxes

June 26, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (June 26, 2025) – The word of the year for 2025 is ‘uncertainty.’ So leaders of the state House think it’s a good idea to slow down state tax cuts scheduled for the next two years. “For the House it’s pretty simple,” state Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, Senior Chair of the House Appropriations Committee,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Governance

Billboard campaign backs raises for teachers

June 26, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WINSTON-SALEM (June 26, 2025) – North Carolina drivers may spot billboards advocating for better teacher pay out on the roads this summer as part of Public Ed Works’ latest campaign. About a dozen billboards are located along Interstate 40 and Interstate 85, concentrated in highly traveled areas like Raleigh… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, K-12 Teacher Pay

House takes the lead on teacher pay

June 19, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (June 19, 2025) – Rep. Donny Lambeth, R-Forsyth, is the senior chair of the state House committee that will help decide how to spend more than $65 billion1 over the next two years. Before he came to Raleigh, though, Lambeth served as Chair of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school board from 1994-2012 and cites education… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Governance, teachers

Books on Break helps kids embrace summer reading

June 19, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works DURHAM (June 24, 2025) – As the school year rolled to a close, kids’ faces lit up with excitement as they carefully chose 10 new books to take home with them for the summer. It’s all a part of Durham nonprofit Book Harvest’s Books on Break program, which started… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Access & Affordability

UNC-CH Research: $3B impact

June 13, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (June 13, 2025) – As Trump administration officials take aim at university research across the country, they need to recall that old line about the goose that laid the golden egg. UNC-Chapel Hill receives $1.55 billion a year in research grants. That in turn generates $3 billion in economic impact in the state,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Governance, Research

Can UNC stand $150M hit to overhead?

June 13, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL (June 13, 2025) – There’s been controversy this spring over the Trump administration’s proposal to cut the “overhead receipts” universities receive on federal research grants. Dr. Penny Gordon-Larsen, Vice Chancellor for Research at UNC-Chapel Hill, describes very clearly in the accompanying video what overhead receipts are, what such a reduction would cost the… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Budget, Governance, Research

Public Schools First: Most vouchers going to students already in private school

June 13, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

By Heather Koons Public Schools First NC RALEIGH (June 13, 2025) – On June 4, staff at the Department of Public Instruction presented their report on Opportunity Scholarship voucher use for 2024-25 to the State Board of Education.  According to data they shared from the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (administrators of the Opportunity Scholarship… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Vouchers

John Hood: Put your tax cards on the table

June 13, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (June 13, 2025) — The N.C. House and Senate have enacted very different versions of a 2025-27 state budget, even though two plans would authorize virtually the same amount of spending. The differences are so vast, in fact, that some insiders predict no comprehensive budget will pass this session. And the fundamental difference involves… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025, Budget, Governance

Join Public Schools First NC and Public Ed Works this summer!

June 4, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

https://www.publicedworks.org/2025/06/ Summer is almost here and school is out, but let’s not forget to celebrate the great work of our public schools, our educators, students, and supportive families! RALEIGH (June 4, 2025) – In NC, the vast majority of our K-12 students are enrolled in public schools. Throughout our state, there are about 2,700 public… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025

A toolkit for tomorrow’s teachers and today’s realities

June 4, 2025 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

    By Dr. Laura Bilbro-Berry Public School Forum of NC Last month heralded the commencement season for colleges and universities across North Carolina. Within the class of 2025 are graduates who will be the state’s next generation of classroom teachers. These individuals have been trained to design organized and well-planned classrooms while delivering content… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2025

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