Liz Schlemmer

Liz Schlemmer is WUNC's Education Policy Reporter, a fellowship position supported by the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. She has an M.A. from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Media & Journalism and a B.A. in history and anthropology from Indiana University.

She has previously served as a temporary Morning Edition producer and intern at WUNC and as a news intern at St. Louis Public Radio. Liz is originally from Indiana, where she grew up with a large extended family of educators.

On-going childcare crisis is costing North Carolina billions of dollars in lost economic activity

Liz Schlemmer

A new report estimates that a lack of affordable child care costs North Carolina's economy $5.65 billion each year.
Carteret County Schools' proposed academic calendar voided by judge

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The owners of two surf shops and a popular seafood restaurant in Carteret County sued their local school board for planning to defy the law.
A Day Without Childcare in North Carolina

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Dozens of childcare providers closed their classrooms Thursday to rally at the statehouse.
NC schools deal with safety and timing in Monday's solar eclipse

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Many public schools couldn't afford to buy solar eclipse glasses for all students. Plus, the partial eclipse happened just as most schools were dismissing students at the end of the day.
Vouchers take the stage before the state board of education meeting, Gov. calls for moratorium

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Governor Roy Cooper joined State Superintendent Catherine Truitt and Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson at the head of the boardroom.
Surprise loss: incumbent State Superintendent defeated by challenger in the Republican primary.

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Morrow touts her 16 years of homeschooling experience and was formerly an emergency department nurse and Christian missionary. Morrow cast herself as more conservative than current NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt.
The latest college campus freebies? Naloxone and fentanyl test strips

Elissa Nadworny , Liz Schlemmer

The teen fentanyl crisis is following students onto college campuses. Here's what students and staff are doing about it.
A UNC student group gives away naloxone amid campus overdoses

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At UNC-Chapel Hill, three students died from fentanyl poisoning in just the last two years. A student-led group is working to make overdose medication more available.
NC high schools have new tool to track student's secondary education

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North Carolina high schools have a new tool to track whether their graduates go to college and ultimately earn a degree.
HBCUs got a windfall of federal COVID relief. Here's how colleges are spending it

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Historically Black colleges and universities are using federal COVID relief funds to cancel student debt, upgrade campus infrastructure and retain students who struggle because of financial barriers.