- Youth Advocacy DayAisosa Limon, a rising sophomore at Wake Young Men’s Leadership Academy speaks on North Carolina legislators’ failure to pass a budget and the resulting effects on school staffing and student ...Read more
- Charlotte Entrepreneur Supports Public Education
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works CHARLOTTE (June 25, 2026) – Entrepreneur Christopher Moxley, who co-founded 704shop, a Charlotte-based lifestyle brand, is speaking out on public education issues in North Carolina. Moxley grew ...Read more - Nash educator starts nonprofit after job cut
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works ROCKY MOUNT (June 18, 2026) – Nash County educator Jamilah Bullock was serving as an assistant principal in Rocky Mount when she was laid off from ...Read more - UNC cancer research: ‘Give people hope’
CHAPEL HILL (June 18, 2026) – Research gives patients hope — and oh, what research is happening at the UNC School of Medicine. Dr. Cristy Page likes to describe it as ...Read more - Edgecombe educator shares successes and struggles
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works TARBORO (June 11, 2026) – Edgecombe County Teacher Owen Cole said it wasn’t until he started filling out his personal statement on a medical school application ...Read more - Largest state without a children’s hospital
CHAPEL HILL (June 11, 2026) – Some of the diseases children face require highly specialized care. And they should not have to leave North Carolina to get it. So new funds for ...Read more - Another red alert for American science
By Holden Thorp Science EDITORS NOTE: Scientific research is in danger thanks to a proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB is seeking to revise the ...Read more - Bringing back exclusion: NC’s school vouchers
By J. Drew Tonissen In 2024, I stood in a Charlotte auditorium watching two Myers Park High School alumni, one Black and one White, discuss how they discovered their lives were ...Read more - UNC engineering: A gap of 2,600 degrees a year
CHAPEL HILL (June 3, 2026) – North Carolina needs more engineers. It’s that simple. In the accompanying video, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts makes the case for why Carolina plans to ...Read more - Community college supports hydroponic farm growth
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works WARSAW (June 3, 2026) – From tomatoes to strawberries to edible flowers, students have tried to grow just about everything in an old shipping container at ...Read more









