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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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. -
All historically Black colleges and universities in the UNC System have used federal COVID relief funds to offer free summer school to at least some students in recent years.
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In August, an inaugural class of 150 high school students will move to the residential campus in the foothills of western North Carolina to begin their junior year. Its grand opening for summer programs is this week.
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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.
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The results of a biennial survey of North Carolina teachers and their working conditions have been released. Educators raised concerns about staffing shortages, cyberbullying, learning recovery and student mental health.
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The state budget law requires the UNC System staff to move from Chapel Hill to Raleigh by the end of this year at a cost of $15 million over four years. Lawmakers tucked the plan into the final budget bill without public discussion.
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State education officials are working on a plan to overhaul how teachers are paid and licensed and they're seeking feedback. Here's what to know.
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For most voters, school board races will be at the bottom of their ballots at Tuesday’s primary election. In many places, those races are getting more attention than usual. That has put a premium on just how those candidates appear on the ballot.
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This fall marks 25 years since charter schools first began opening in North Carolina. They now serve almost 9% of all public school students.
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Native American students recently circulated an online petition to “Save American Indian & Indigenous Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.” After the petition received several thousand signatures, the university put a pause on the decision to end the major. Students and faculty say the threat to the program is a symptom of a larger problem.
