Internships

We Want YOU to Join the PEFNC Team!

Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) is seeking young leaders who have demonstrated a strong interest in education policy to participate in its Internship Program. We are interested in building up a pipeline for leaders in the education reform movement. Intern applicants should be undergraduates, recent graduates, or graduate students who have a basic familiarity and interest in education policy.

What Are Interns Saying?

Click here to watch a video about the PEFNC internship program. See which schools they attend here and articles they’ve written (Duke Chronicle and Daily Tar Heel).

Your Internship Experience

Interns at PEFNC are given substantive work, acquire policy expertise and knowledge of North Carolina’s education policies, while building marketable skills. Interns are expected to engage in variety of activities including the following:

• Collecting and analyzing data and tracking policy developments in education at the state and national level

• Writing brief articles that will be used weekly as op-eds and featured on PEFNC’s blog

• Present on school choice topics at grassroots meetings across the state

• Lend their voice to on-campus public discussions and debates

Ideal applicants would possess excellent writing and research skills. PEFNC is happy to work with your school to satisfy any course credit requirements. A potential stipend is negotiable.

How to Apply

PEFNC is currently receiving applications. Please email the completed application linked below to Policy Director Karen Duquette at KarenD@PEFNC.org:

434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1620, Raleigh, NC 27601