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.
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Kentucky Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis says it is not within the Kentucky Department of Education’s authority to investigate political emails sent…
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Kentucky Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis says he thinks there are a number of “lies” being spread about the latest test scores and school report…
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Boyle County student Brooklyn Rockhold and her mother and brother endured abuse from her biological father for years. This week, she testified in front of…
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Kentucky state Representative Josie Raymond (D-Louisville) says she believes she can gain bipartisan support for a renewed effort to expand access to…
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On the first day of August, just two weeks before most Kentucky schools start class, there were 2,974 vacancies posted for public school educators across…
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Policymakers across Kentucky — and the nation — have grappled with how to best prevent mass school shootings committed by children, like those in…
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The number of Kentucky kids getting access to a free, nutritious lunch during the summer is growing.On a gorgeous day in Louisville, Sheppard Park in the…
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Kentucky has been funding health benefits for retired teachers for decades. But this year for the first time, that payment was dependent on a budget…
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Life expectancy in the United States has declined for the third year in a row, driven in part by a rise in mortality among working-aged white Americans.A…
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Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear took another jab at Governor Matt Bevin Friday, one day after scoring a win in their on-going battle over whether…