Liz Schlemmer
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Liz Schlemmer is WUNC's Education Policy Reporter, a fellowship position supported by the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. She has an M.A. from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Media & Journalism and a B.A. in history and anthropology from Indiana University.
She has previously served as a temporary Morning Edition producer and intern at WUNC and as a news intern at St. Louis Public Radio. Liz is originally from Indiana, where she grew up with a large extended family of educators.
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Historically Black colleges and universities are using federal COVID relief funds to cancel student debt, upgrade campus infrastructure and retain students who struggle because of financial barriers. -
A new study led by N.C. State University education researcher DeLeon Gray looks at how teachers can promote a sense of belonging for students of color.
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The landmark Leandro case is headed to the North Carolina Supreme Court for the fourth time in its 28 year history. Advocates rallied at the statehouse Saturday to call for the state to spend $6.8 billion to improve public education.
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On Friday, the university announced a permanent memorial for James Cates. The school's Black Student Movement had made repeated calls for Cates' to be memorialized.
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Every former teacher had a breaking point. A high school teacher from Orange County, a special education teacher from Forsyth County and an elementary teacher from Wake County describe the stresses of a career in teaching and how the pandemic led them to examine their priorities.
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The North Carolina Association of Educators is opposing a state plan to change how teachers are licensed and paid. Representatives for the teachers' association held a press conference Tuesday saying the plan might worsen, rather than alleviate, a growing teacher shortage.
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The UNC System is conducting a study to quantify its return-on-investment for students and the state, to comply with a provision in last year’s state budget.
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Teaching college enrollment has plummeted. The NC Teaching Fellows program is fueling limited growthEnrollment at public teaching colleges in North Carolina dropped over the past decade. The NC Teaching Fellows loan-forgiveness program once attracted education majors to colleges across the state. After the General Assembly ended and then resurrected the program, some participating schools are now seeing a rebound.
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Students may be on summer break, but school principals are hard at work using these months to find a qualified, well-prepared teacher for every classroom come fall. Teacher turnover was higher than usual in some North Carolina districts this past year.
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School districts would have to submit their plans for virtual academies to the state board of education for approval, and could enroll no more than 15 percent of their total student population in a virtual program.
