Topic: Newsmaker Conversations The State Treasurer of North Carolina has broad responsibilities over the finances of the state that have big implications for public education including state employee retirement and […]
Education Matters – Diversity in Teaching
Topic: Diversity in Teaching North Carolina’s public schools are becoming increasingly diverse with students of color now making up more than 50 percent of total enrollment. The state’s teaching workforce, […]
Education Matters – Top Education Issues for 2019
Topic: Top Education Issues for 2019 This week’s show was recorded live at the Public School Forum of North Carolina’s Eggs & Issues Breakfast. A panel of award winning educators […]
Education Matters – Freshman Year
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 […]
Education Matters – Legislative Preview
Topic: Legislative Preview As 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 […]
Education Matters – One-on-One with NC Community College System President Peter Hans
Topic: One-on-One with NC Community College System President Peter Hans Peter Hans became the ninth president of the NC Community College System in May. He now oversees 58 community colleges […]
Education Matters – Importance of Principal Leadership
Topic: Importance of Principal Leadership Education 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 […]
Education Matters – Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Topic: Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline Satana 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 […]
Education Matters – The New State Board of Education
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 […]
Education Matters – How will the election affect education in NC?
Topic: How will the election affect education in NC? North Carolinians began casting ballots on October 17th at early-voting sites across the state and Election Day is next week. This […]
Education Matters – Community Fights School Takeover
Topic: Community Fights School Takeover Carver Heights Elementary School in Wayne County has been picked by the Innovative School District to become the 2nd NC school to be taken over […]
Education Matters – The Color of Law
Topic: The Color of Law Our guest this week is best-selling author Richard Rothstein. He’s a Senior Fellow at the Haas Institute at the University of California at Berkeley School […]
Education Matters – Students and Race
Topic: Students and Race “America To Me” is a new documentary series currently airing on the Starz cable network that was screened this week at events in Durham and Charlotte. […]
Education Matters – Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones
Topic: Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones Nikole Hannah-Jones is one of the country’s most respected and influential voices on issues of race and education. She was named […]
Education Matters – Is NC providing access to quality public education?
Topic: Is NC providing access to quality public education? In 1997, the NC Supreme Court held unanimously in the landmark Leandro case that North Carolina public school students are entitled […]
Education Matters – One-on-One with State Superintendent Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson was elected nearly two years ago as State Superintendent of Public Instruction. For much of his tenure he was engaged in a power struggle with the State Board […]
Education Matters – Back to School
Topic: Back to School This week 1.4 million North Carolina children returned to class for the start of a new school year. The new year begins just a little over […]
Education Matters – Work-Based Learning
Topic: Work-Based Learning Employers across the U.S. and here in North Carolina report they have more jobs available than the number of qualified applicants to fill them. Work-based learning opportunities […]
Education Matters – Youth Suicide
Topic: Youth Suicide It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. Losing a child for any reason is devastating, but when it’s suicide, family and friends are not only grieving the unexpected loss, […]
Education Matters – Should schools scrap letter grades?
Topic: Should schools scrap letter grades? Carroll Middle School in Raleigh is scrapping letter grades for a new approach that is gaining traction nationally known as competency based learning and […]
Education Matters – Teens, Social Media and Fake News
Topic: Teens, Social Media and Fake News The phrase “fake news” was declared the official Collins Dictionary Word of the Year for 2017. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans visited a fake […]
Education Matters – Leadership Conversations
Topic: Leadership Conversations Cathy Moore was named Superintendent of Wake County Public Schools in May. It’s the largest school system in the state and the 15th largest in the country. […]
Education Matters – Hits & Misses: A Legislative Recap
Topic: Hits & Misses – A Legislative Recap The General Assembly just wrapped up its short session for 2018 with a return date of November 27th after the fall election. […]
Education Matters – Newsmakers & Newsbreakers
Topic: Newsmakers & Newsbreakers Education has been a mainstay in the headlines in recent years here in North Carolina. This week we talk to one of the education newsmakers, Judge […]