Liz Schlemmer
Education ReporterLiz Schlemmer is 瓜神app's K-12 Education Reporter. She has previously served as the Fletcher Fellow for Education Policy Reporting at 瓜神app 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.
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Morrow announced the new National Alliance for Education Reform in an email to supporters today. She'll serve as the executive director. -
In place of rotational busing, Durham Public Schools will implement family responsibility zones at 21 elementary schools. A proposal to implement express bus stops for three magnet schools will remain on hold until next school year. -
State Superintendent Mo Green has taken the helm at the Department of Public Instruction, while Treasurer Brad Briner and Lieutenant Governor Rachel Hunt join the State Board of Education. -
A global data breach exposed North Carolina teachers' and students鈥� personal information. Plus, most public schools say they can't afford to keep providing Chromebooks for every student. -
The DPS school board held a special meeting Monday to discuss transportation issues and ask questions of administrative staff. The plans are not yet final, but here are some of the takeaways. -
North Carolina has received $25 million to build highway underpasses to protect endangered red wolves after four were killed along a major route to the Outer Banks. -
The Durham Public Schools board of education voted to reduce bus service for certain students so that the district can end rotational busing. -
The rollout of a new FAFSA form last year made it a fiasco for many students applying for college financial aid. The process can be especially complex for applicants whose parents are undocumented, but there鈥檚 a North Carolina nonprofit helping students navigate that complexity. -
An annual report from the Education Law Center has ranked North Carolina 49th among states for its "effort" to fund public schools - a measure that considers the state's economic capacity to increase school funding. -
The North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA) says 54,000 Opportunity Scholarships have been offered to families
