Liz Schlemmer
Education ReporterLiz Schlemmer is WUNC's Education Reporter, covering preschool through higher education. She has previously served as the Fletcher Fellow for Education Policy Reporting at WUNC 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.
Twitter: LSchlemmer_WUNC
Email: lschlemmer@wunc.org
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The 'Parents' Bill of Rights' requires the state board of education to hear appeals from parents who believe their school is not complying with the law — and for the school to foot the bill for legal services. -
Night School Bar is a new business in Durham that serves cocktails alongside college-level classes in art, film and literature.
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The UNC School of Education hosted the World Anti-Bullying Forum this week in Raleigh. North Carolina educators from 15 school districts attended - here's what they learned.
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The teen fentanyl crisis is following students onto college campuses. Here's what students and staff are doing about it.
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At UNC-Chapel Hill, three students died from fentanyl poisoning in just the last two years. A student-led group is working to make overdose medication more available.
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Prospective college students across North Carolina can apply to many colleges and universities across the state without paying a fee this week during College Application Week.
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The Sylvia Méndez Newcomers School opened this week in High Point. The school is the second public school in Guilford County specifically designed to serve recent immigrants and refugees who are learning English.
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The State Board of Education discussed a policy today for how the board will hear appeals from families who believe their local school district violated the law, which requires schools to notify parents if their child changes their name or pronouns at school.
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As the job grows more complex — and schools become more central to the culture wars — superintendent turnover is becoming more problematic in North Carolina. Tracy Grit in McDowell County Schools is one of 30 new superintendents learning the ropes this year.
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The state budget N.C. legislators released Wednesday would slightly raise teacher pay, expand private school vouchers and curtail the powers of the State Board of Education.
