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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Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill Friday that would commit more than $6 billion in funding to private school vouchers over the next decade, and made the case that it would harm rural schools. -
Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with a panel of local journalists about the biggest news stories in North Carolina this week. -
The North Carolina School Superintendents鈥� Association surveys its members each fall about vacant positions at their districts. This year, vacancies for classroom teachers decreased, but vacancies for bus drivers and special education teachers have not improved. -
North Carolina lawmakers are poised to pass nearly a quarter billion dollars in additional funding that would help pay for private school tuition for 55,000 families on a waitlist this year. School choice supporters are praising the move, while public school advocates worry about shifting education priorities. -
In many subjects, the percentage of North Carolina public school students who were considered "on grade-level" based on 2024 state exams reached a three-year high. However, State Superintendent Catherine Truitt said the number of students who are still not on grade-level is "startling." -
Wake ThreeSchool first started two years ago with funding for Wake County three-year-olds from low-income families to attend high quality preschool free of charge. In June, the Wake County Board of Commissioners increased funding to serve 100 more children. -
How individuals are taking on the price of a public education, and teaming up to shrink it. -
With a new school year around the corner, North Carolina families have been spending big to buy supplies for their own kids, and their classrooms too. -
Guilford County Schools has a new marketing strategy to enroll homeschoolers part-time in their local high school and gain access to sports, clubs and career and technical education. It's also an effort to boost falling student enrollment. -
The U.S. Dept. of Energy awarded Rockingham County Schools $7.8 million and Hoke County Schools $300,000. School administrators say the funding is crucial, but it doesn't begin to meet all their needs.
