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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A quartet of Republican judges ruled Thursday along party lines to overturn the court’s precedent. At stake is a multi-billion dollar plan to provide state funds to improve public education in North Carolina. -
A formal state complaint claims Wake County Schools' vendors often fail to pick up students. Parents made over 16,000 complaints about the service since the last time the state investigated the issue. -
The Wake County school board directed the district to find other budget cuts rather than eliminate 130 special education teaching positions that would drive up teacher-to-student ratios. -
The school board got a grim preview of next school year's budget proposal, as teachers described an email warning $18m cuts to special education. -
Researchers collected the data before a new state law limiting students' phone use at school took effect. Education reporter Liz Schlemmer shares this Q&A with researcher Eva Telzer. -
Due to falling enrollment and budget pressures, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools has narrowed a list of elementary schools it might close to save money. -
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will consider closing up to two elementary school buildings and redistricting all its students due to falling enrollment and budget pressures.
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This year, schools have faced canceled grants, delayed funds, and abrupt decisions by the U.S. Dept. of Education. WUNC tracked $320 million in disrupted funds. -
The Roberts Academy at Elon University will open next fall to exclusively teach children with dyslexia and serve as a training ground for future teachers. -
For the first time in years, more child care programs in North Carolina closed than opened this August.
