Public School Forum’s Lauren Fox on the top education needs facing North Carolina

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: April 20, 2026

Words: 178

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago

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The state of North Carolina finds itself in a fiscal policy mess thanks to a series of regressive income tax cuts, there’s no larger or more important public function that will be adversely impacted than public education. For many years now, thanks to the decisions of Republican legislative leaders, North Carolina public schools have listed along near the bottom of national rankings in a host of important funding categories.

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