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Ann Goodnight to Receive Public School Forum of North Carolina’s Annual Education Leadership Award
RALEIGH, NC (March 8, 2018) – Ann Goodnight was named today as the recipient of the 2018 Public School Forum of North Carolina Jay Robinson Education Leadership Award. The Forum established the award in 2000 to recognize leaders who have demonstrated innovative,...
Public School Forum of North Carolina Announces the NC Center for Afterschool Programs 14th Annual Synergy Conference
RALEIGH, NC (March 5, 2018) – The Public School Forum’s NC Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) will host its 14th annual Synergy Conference on April 25-27, 2018 at the Greenville Convention Center in Greenville, NC. This year’s conference theme is Building...
Keith Poston of the Public School Forum discusses North Carolina’s Top Education issues
Keith Poston of the Public School Forum discusses North Carolina’s Top Education issues on NC Policy Watch's 'News and Views' hosted by Rob Schofield. Click below to listen to the interview....
Public School Forum Statement on Proposed Class Size Fix, Pre-K Investment
RALEIGH (February 8, 2018) — North Carolina’s students, families, teachers and schools badly needed certainty on this K-3 Class Size Mandate issue, which is why we made it #1 in our Top 10 Education Issues for 2018. So we’re very pleased to see the General Assembly...
Report shows urgent need for Southern states to improve K-12 schools for every child
January 30, 2018 In a new report, seven nonpartisan organizations in the South—including the Public School Forum of North Carolina—urge their states to take swifter action to improve K-12 education for every child with an emphasis on support for disadvantaged...
Public School Forum Releases Top 10 Education Issues for 2018
K-3 Class Size Mandate and School Funding Among Top Issues