Liz Schlemmer
Education ReporterLiz Schlemmer is WUNC's K-12 Education Reporter. 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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State education officials received a memo that certain federal funds schools receive each July are now frozen. State Superintendent Mo Green says it could affect NC's most vulnerable students. -
Research by Public Schools First NC found many private schools receiving Opportunity Scholarships raised tuition by 15% or more after the state increased voucher funding. -
Students called on state lawmakers to increase funding for facilities and scholarships at North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities and to protect their voting access. -
A new report finds about 90% of Opportunity Scholarship recipients this school year already attended a private school before the program was expanded so even wealthy families could apply. -
When state lawmakers expanded vouchers, Wake County private schools got a boost. Meanwhile, Wake County Schools has a budget hole the same size as the tax funds those private schools received. -
The Durham Association of Educators celebrated a major victory when their school board revised a policy to give educators more input in district decisions. -
The House's budget makes several moves to improve teacher pay that aren't in the Senate's proposal, with big raises for starting teachers and restoring "master's pay." -
House lawmakers have begun to release parts of their state budget. They're waiting to announce plans for teacher pay...but have unveiled proposals for school funding increases alongside cuts to DPI. -
A farmer who doesn’t know how much money he’s going to lose. School districts don’t know how they’re going to afford local produce. WUNC’s Education Reporter Liz Schlemmer fills us in. -
The House passed a bill this week to make major changes to North Carolina's math requirements for high school graduation, just ahead of the deadline to keep the bill in play this legislative session.
