
Lisa Philip
ContributorLisa Philip is an occasional contributor to ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾. Previously, she covered education for the station and covered schools in Howard County, Maryland for the Baltimore Sun newspapers. She traveled from school playgrounds to the state legislature, writing about everything from a Girl Scout friendship bench project to a state investigation into local school officials' alleged hiding of public records.
Lisa initially became interested in education reporting while working for an after school music education program in five Baltimore City schools. In her former life, she trained and worked as a professional violist and arts administrator. She has been telling stories since age 5, when she wrote and (poorly) illustrated her first book, "Mary and the Key Lime Pie."
Lisa left ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ in May 2019.
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School officials in Johnston and Durham counties say they want to retain local control over their underperforming schools. That’s after four elementary…
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Wake County school officials say they need $1 billion to build new schools and renovate older ones. Homeowners may be asked this spring if they want to…
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Updated at 10:56 a.m., September 8, 2017The UNC Board of Governors has passed a resolution that bans university-based centers from filing lawsuits. The…
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Updated at 10:56 a.m., September 8, 2017The UNC Board of Governors has passed a resolution that bans university-based centers from filing lawsuits. The…
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The State Board of Education will take a final vote on Thursday on its plan for evaluating North Carolina public schools, a requirement of the Every…
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Updated 11:45 a.m., August 23, 2017Three people are facing charges related to a demonstration against a Confederate statue at the University of North…
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Senate lawmakers have passed a budget calling for total defunding of the Governor's School. It's a summer program offering students from across the state…
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Senators have again threatened to close North Carolina’s only state-run residential school for kids with severe mental illness. The Senate’s latest budget…
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North Carolina public school students missed more than one million days of classroom instruction while suspended during the last school year. That's…
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North Carolina lawmakers are banking on the benefits of digital learning. Four years ago they passed legislation requiring that state funding for…