By Shawnice Meador Executive Director, Public Ed Works RALEIGH (November 20, 2025) – When Walmart made the bold decision in 2015 to raise its starting hourly wage by 24% – impacting nearly half its more than 1 million U.S. hourly employees –investors initially reacted with shock. Shares fell 10% in a single day, erasing $21.5… READ MORE
Educators exit NC for better pay
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works RALEIGH (November 20, 2025) – North Carolina teachers and administrators are packing their bags and hitting the road after finding they can almost double their income in other states. Social studies teacher Nicholas Bailey transferred from Onslow County Schools in North Carolina to Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia… READ MORE
A pay cut for teachers
RALEIGH (November 13, 2025) – Teacher pay remains an essential issue in North Carolina – an issue ultimately for our most precious resource: Our children. And it’s not going away. Despite its rapid growth, our state ranks an embarrassing 43rd in average K-12 teacher pay.1 It has seen ghastly attrition among its teacher workforce for… READ MORE
Legislators: Do your job
RALEIGH (October 15, 2025) – State legislators are due back in Raleigh Monday. And more than three months into the state’s budget year, they have yet to fulfill one of the fundamental duties we elect them to do: Adopt a state budget. Adoption of a budget is one of their primary jobs. Yet Senate President… READ MORE
Lessons Learned: Fully funding public schools is the answer
By Amy Cockerham Public Ed Works RALEIGH (October 2, 2025) – Over the past several weeks we’ve looked at a range of issues in North Carolina’s public schools, but one theme stands true throughout – most problems stem from a lack of funding. Low teacher pay Low pay is a major concern for North Carolina… READ MORE
Fulton: Unbelievable! Embarrassing!
By Paul Fulton Public Ed Works WINSTON-SALEM (June 24, 2025) – It is unbelievable and embarrassing that our public schools (PreK-12) are where they are today, ranking 48th in the nation in per-student funding and 49th in funding effort. This while our state is booming economically and ranked No. 1 nationally as the best climate… READ MORE
Billboard campaign backs raises for teachers
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
Green on teacher pay: Voices of the many
RALEIGH (December 19, 2024) – As he mounts an effort to raise teacher pay in North Carolina, incoming State Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green knows it will take a team. In any of the things he will do as state superintendent, he says in the accompanying video, “I’m not going to be doing them by myself…. READ MORE
Public dollars belong in public schools
RALEIGH (September 13, 2024) – Public dollars belong in public schools. So in what perverse world is it OK to divert hundreds of millions of tax dollars to private schools while denying inflation-adjusted raises to public school teachers? Apparently, it’s the peculiar world of the North Carolina General Assembly. Legislators voted this week to devote… READ MORE
Nonprofit urges support for better NC teacher pay
RALEIGH (May 10, 2024) – A new statewide campaign from a nonprofit group aims to build support for state legislators to significantly raise teacher pay in North Carolina. “North Carolinians value our teachers,” said Paul Fulton, Chair of Public Ed Works. “They are essential to our democracy and our economy. And they deserve our respect,… READ MORE
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