MEDIA CONTACT: Chanté Russell, Public School Forum of NC crussell@ncforum.org 919-781-6833 ext. 103 Raleigh, NC (August 25, 2022) — Dr. Jelani Cobb, Dean of Columbia University and a staff writer […]
Tickets Now Available for Color of Education *Virtual* Summit 2020
Summit will span month of October to offer an extended spotlight on race equity in education RALEIGH, NC (September 24, 2020) The Public School Forum of North Carolina, the Samuel […]
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 – 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 […]
When School Desegregation Mattered in Charlotte
Dorothy Counts, center, tried to desegregate Harding High School in Charlotte on Sept. 4, 1957, but met hostility from white classmates and parents. Photo Credit: UNC library collection. By Keith […]
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 […]
Nikole Hannah-Jones kicks off Color of Education with hard truths about race and education
Award-winning New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones pulled no punches on Tuesday night before a crowd of more than 500 people at the kickoff event for the Color of […]
Color of Education Partnership Forms Guiding Committee
Raleigh-Durham, NC (September 18, 2018) – Color of Education, a new initiative of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, Duke Policy Bridge and the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on […]