Nov 9, 2019 | Education Matters
Last month, the Public School Forum of North Carolina, along with the Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity and the Policy Bridge at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University hosted their second annual Color of Education summit, which focused on...
Nov 2, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: Addressing the Unique Rural Education Strengths and Challenges in North CarolinaDid you know that North Carolina is home to 568,000 rural students, the second largest rural student population in the United States after Texas? This fall, the Public School forum...
Oct 26, 2019 | Education Matters
North Carolina is a Leader in Global EducationIn 2011, the North Carolina State Board of Education formed a Task Force on Global Education to assess the state’s effort to produce “globally competitive” graduates ready to live, work, and contribute in...
Oct 19, 2019 | Education Matters
Every day, youth attend afterschool, before school and summer learning programs across North Carolina, engaging in activities like STEM, physical fitness, literacy, and civic education, to name a few. This week, we will take a look at the impact that afterschool...
Sep 21, 2019 | Education Matters
In a stunning move last week that sent shockwaves across the political landscape here in North Carolina and nationally, the Republican majority in the NC House overrode Governor Cooper’s veto of the state budget with nearly half of the 120 House members absent, mostly...
Sep 14, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: When “A” Means AffluentLast week the NC Department of Public Instruction released its annual A-F School Performance Grades for the state’s public schools and they continue to reflect a clear relationship between poverty and student test scores. This week on the...
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