Kimberly Jones, former North Carolina Teacher of the Year, on education funding and retention

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: March 23, 2026

Words: 167

Last Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago

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If there’s a core public service in North Carolina that’s found itself most consistently in the crosshairs of hostile politicians the last several years, it’s public education. Thanks to the repeated enactment of budgets that have underfunded everything from teacher salaries to facilities to the number of administrators, nurses, and counselors, North Carolina’s public schools have fallen among the lowest funded in the nation.

Despite this trend, thousands of dedicated educators are hanging …

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