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Our #Red4EdNC blog features the voices of public school educators and advocates from around the state. If you have something to say about what’s happening in NC on the topic of public schools, please contact us at [email protected]. We want as many voices as possible to lift up all of the good things happening in public schools, highlight things that need to change, and advocate for ways to make things better!

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  Public Schools First NC Urges North Carolinians to Reject the Federal Voucher ProgramOctober 9, 2026
  On October 1, the U.S. Treasury Department released regulations for the federal tax credit voucher program (Federal Scholarship Tax Credit – FSTC) that was slipped into the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and pushed through reconciliation. The program is a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit, up to $1,700, for an individual  donation to a scholarship-granting organization… Read more: Public Schools First NC Urges North Carolinians to Reject the Federal Voucher Program
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  ‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All FamiliesAugust 1, 2026
  By Carol Burris, Executive Director of the Network for Public Education – Advocates of a rightwing, billionaire-funded campaign to replace public education with a privatized education marketplace have been candid about their goals and disciplined in pursuing them. A new report from the organization I lead, the Network for Public Education, provides an accounting of… Read more: ‘School Choice’ Does Not Provide Better Education for All Families
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  A More Humane Way to Strengthen Public Schools: Invest in Teachers’ WellbeingJuly 24, 2026
  Dr. Ameila Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction – A few years ago, Public Schools First North Carolina invited me to participate in a Teacher Appreciation Week webinar about what it would mean to really appreciate teachers. That question has stayed with me. Celebrations, kind notes, and snacks in the faculty lounge can be genuinely… Read more: A More Humane Way to Strengthen Public Schools: Invest in Teachers’ Wellbeing
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  They call it school choice. For my daughter, there is no choiceJune 6, 2026
  By Lissette Fernandez, co-founder of Moms for Libros  – My daughter’s introduction to school was online, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. She started pre-K meeting her teacher and classmates on a computer screen. This was not fun for her or for me — but the alternative of sending her to school in the… Read more: They call it school choice. For my daughter, there is no choice
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  School Choice Is Only a Choice for SomeMay 9, 2026
  By Christy Cooper, mom to a public-school second grader with Down syndrome – When I was in elementary school, I asked my dad why he didn’t send me to private school. The only private school kids I knew came from well-to-do families, so those schools carried a prestige that I wanted. “Because I already pay… Read more: School Choice Is Only a Choice for Some