Our #Red4EdNC blog features the voices of public school educators and advocates from around the state. If you have something to say about what’s happening in NC on the topic of public schools, please contact us at [email protected]. We want as many voices as possible to lift up all of the good things happening in public schools, highlight things that need to change, and advocate for ways to make things better!
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NC Lawmakers Could Strangle Local Governments with Property Tax Measure
By Ned Barnett, associate opinion editor at the News and Observer Republican state lawmakers say they’re so concerned about homeowners facing property tax increases that they may offer a constitutional amendment to limit the local levies. That’s like an arsonist showing up at a home he torched and offering to fight the fire with gasoline.… Read more: NC Lawmakers Could Strangle Local Governments with Property Tax Measure -
When States Take Over Education, It Puts Black Children Last in Line, Every Time
By Janice Robinson-Celeste President Donald Trump says he is returning education to the states by closing the U.S. Department of Education. What he really means is that he is returning to a time when education was a privilege for some and an afterthought for others. When he declared in March 2025 that he wanted the… Read more: When States Take Over Education, It Puts Black Children Last in Line, Every Time -
A Jarring New NC Teacher Protest Could Be a Turning Point for Public Schools
By Ned Barnett, associate opinion editor at the News and Observer The sight of poor people standing on busy street corners holding hand-drawn cardboard signs asking for money is as familiar as it is sad. But it was new and jarring on Wednesday to see public school teachers take up the role of street corner… Read more: A Jarring New NC Teacher Protest Could Be a Turning Point for Public Schools -
Dear Friends of Public Education
By Charles R. Coble Like many of you, I attended the December 26 funeral service in Wilson for Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. I traveled there with friends whose common thread was that of serving in different leadership roles in K-12 public education or higher education during the last two terms Governor Hunt was in… Read more: Dear Friends of Public Education -
The NC Supreme Court’s inexplicable, historic silence on Leandro
By Gene Nichol, professor of law at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Originally published in the News and Observer, 12/8/25 Here’s one of the oddest things I’ve seen in 50 years of court watching. When our realigned, politicized state Supreme Court came into office a couple of years ago, as The Assembly reports: “It… Read more: The NC Supreme Court’s inexplicable, historic silence on Leandro
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