Jan 19, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: Freshman Year When the new NC General Assembly was sworn in last week, about 1/4 of the 50-member Senate were new faces. On the House side, 26 brand new members joined, about 20 percent of the 120-member chamber. That group included 17 Democrats who helped end...
Jan 12, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: Legislative PreviewAs a new NC General Assembly returns to Raleigh without a Republican supermajority for the first time since 2012, we’re joined by three respected journalists to discuss what to expect in 2019 in terms of education policy and how the new...
Jan 5, 2019 | Education Matters
Topic: One-on-One with NC Community College System President Peter HansPeter Hans became the ninth president of the NC Community College System in May. He now oversees 58 community colleges that educate more than 700,000 students every year, the 3rd largest community...
Dec 8, 2018 | Education Matters
Topic: Importance of Principal LeadershipEducation research has shown the single most important school-based factor student’s academic success is the classroom teacher. But research also shows that perhaps the next most important factor is the school principal. Most...
Dec 1, 2018 | Education Matters
Topic: Disrupting the School-to-Prison PipelineSatana Deberry campaigned to become Durham County’s next District Attorney advocating for reforms in the criminal justice system, including how students are treated. She’s now one of several new District Attorneys and...
Nov 19, 2018 | Education Matters
Topic: The New State Board of Education The NC General Assembly may have stripped the North Carolina State Board of Education of much of its power, but a new chairman and several new Board Members appointed by Governor Roy Cooper are charting their own path and...
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