From Politics to Paychecks

School nutrition staff prepare lunch in the kitchen at Hillside High School in Durham.

Education

Federal halt to SNAP hits school staff, including those who serve your child's lunch

Liz Schlemmer

WUNC's series "From Politics to Paychecks" explores how political decisions are affecting NC educators' finances and families. Some of the lowest paid school staff rely on food benefits to feed their families.

Michelle Reed is in her 22nd year of teaching English at Cedar Ridge High School in Orange County Schools. Her family has been saving scrap metal to help pay for a big field trip for her daughters.

Education

With rising healthcare costs and no raise, this NC teacher's family sells scrap metal and plasma

Liz Schlemmer

WUNC's series "From Politics to Paychecks" explores how political decisions are affecting NC educators' finances. This teacher is paring back because the state offers no raise to veteran teachers.

High school English teacher Tre Woods sitting at his desk at Millbrook High.

Education

Dedicated to teaching, frustrated by politics: why this young teacher juggles two jobs

Liz Schlemmer

WUNC's series "From Politics to Paychecks" shows how political decisions, including a delayed state budget, are affecting NC educators' finances and families.