
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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A recent analysis of five decades of data shows that high-quality early childhood education has lasting benefits for kids. Yet in North Carolina, less…
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With the opioid epidemic touching the lives of one in three North Carolinians, what can schools do to help? A lot, according to school nurses.The Journal…
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As a black boy growing up in Florida, Terrance Ruth was inspired to become a teacher not by anyone at his school, but by his mother. She was a nurse at a…
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The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Board of Trustees held a public hearing Wednesday to gather opinions on Silent Sam. That’s the Confederate…
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A former advisor to President Donald Trump will speak at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill tonight.Sebastian Gorka left the White House in…
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Members of the UNC Board of Governors are split on whether or not to hire their own staff. A related motion failed in committee Thursday, but some members…
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Updated 10:38 a.m. | Nov. 3, 2017The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is moving ahead with a controversial free speech policy for its…
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Update on Friday, October 13: Glenn Elementary is no longer being considered for state takeover through the North Carolina Innovative School District,…
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Robeson County second grader Niveah Barnes remembers one detail in particular about Hurricane Matthew."I wanted to talk about dinosaurs when I was in…
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Parents at a Durham school facing possible takeover are criticizing state officials' handling of the process. In a video posted to YouTube, they called…