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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In his monthly report to the Kentucky Board of Education Wednesday, Commissioner of Education Wayne Lewis gave an impassioned argument that overall school…
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Kentucky’s incumbent Commissioner of Agriculture has won the Republican nomination in his bid for reelection.Ryan Quarles was the first winner to be…
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School choice is a big buzzword in education policy, and in many parts of the country, opinions on it usually run along party lines. Republicans tend to…
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The Kentucky Labor Cabinet filed a notice of removal Thursday, seeking to move a lawsuit Attorney General Andy Beshear and the Jefferson County Teachers…
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The Kentucky Department of Education has handed over records to the Labor Cabinet that could identify teachers who participated in a sickout at the state…
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Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has filed a lawsuit to block subpoenas issued by Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration as part of an investigation into…
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Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is blaming the shooting of a Louisville child on last month’s teacher sickouts.“While we had people pretending to be sick…
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The Kentucky Labor Cabinet has subpoenaed Jefferson County Public Schools, in relation to teacher-led sickouts that forced the school district to close…
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For as many education bills that Kentucky lawmakers passed in the 2019 legislative session, many other proposed measures failed.Whether some of these…
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On the final day of the legislative session, state senators confirmed Governor Matt Bevin’s nine appointments to the Kentucky Board of Education. The…