Liz Schlemmer
Education ReporterLiz Schlemmer is 吉彩网网站's K-12 Education Reporter. She has previously served as the Fletcher Fellow for Education Policy Reporting at 吉彩网网站 and as the education reporter at Louisville Public Media.
She holds a M.A. from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at UNC-Chapel Hill and a B.A. in history from Indiana University. Liz is originally from rural Indiana, where she grew up with a large extended family of educators.
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The state's restriction on school calendars has long been a bone of contention pitting state lawmakers and the tourism industry against school boards and families, regardless of their political persuasion. -
DAE has been advocating for more than a year for a formal "seat at the table" with district administrators. This week, three school board members voiced their support. -
More than 40,000 North Carolina students have applied so far to receive state funding to attend a K-12 private school next fall. Twice as many could still apply to renew vouchers they received this school year. -
Wake County Schools鈥� Superintendent Robert Taylor unveiled a $2.28 billion proposed operating budget Tuesday, that includes nearly $19 million in cuts, along with a request for $40 million more in local funding. -
From university funding to DEI to deportation policy to Medicaid, a panel of 吉彩网网站 reporters looks at how Trump 2.0 affects North Carolina and the people who call our state home. -
This week, Gov. Josh Stein shared six statistics that underscore why he's calling the current state of child care a 鈥渃risis.鈥� Education reporter Liz Schlemmer fact checked the claims. -
Scientists and graduate students from across the NC Triangle gathered Friday to protest federal funding cuts to their research.
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The bill would study five districts with the most students in the state: Wake County Schools, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Guilford County Schools, Winston-Salem/Forsyth and Cumberland County Schools. -
U.S. Department of Education funding cuts are affecting teacher recruitment in NC schools. Wake County educators say their program recruited teachers of all races and training was not DEI-focused. -
A House committee approved a bill to require public schools to create policies that restrict students from using cell phones in class. A similar bill is also moving in the Senate.
