Education Matters – Should Large NC School Districts Be Broken Up?

Jul 28, 2017

Education Matters – Should Large NC School Districts Be Broken Up?

House Bill 704 passed by the NC General Assembly in June sets up a study committee to explore breaking up large school districts — Wake and Mecklenburg are the state’s two largest ones. Critics of the bill say it could lead to re-segregation of our public schools. We look at the bill, what’s next, and the history behind the current school district system in our state.

Guests:
Sen. Floyd. B. McKissick, Jr. (D-Durham, Granville)
Rep. Rosa Gill (D-Wake)
Dr. Dudley Flood, Retired Educator

RESOURCES

EdLines:

State Board Appeals Ruling
http://www.wral.com/state-education-board-to-appeal-court-ruling-in-favor-of-nc-superintendent-/16829001/
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article162513578.html

Public  School Enrollment Dips
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article162752723.html

Department of Public Instruction Cuts
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article163498468.html

More Girls Taking Computer Science
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2017/07/twice_as_many_girls_took_ap_computer_science.html?cmp=soc-tw-shr

Interview segments:

House Bill 704
http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2017&BillID=H704

NC lawmakers will study how to break up large school districts
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article159078264.html
http://www.courier-tribune.com/news/20170413/after-decades-of-merging-nc-school-districts-bill-looks-at-how-to-divide-them

Dr. Dudley Flood NPR interview
http://wunc.org/post/meet-dudley-flood-champion-desegregation-north-carolina#stream/0

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2 Comments

  1. pauline cameron
    pauline cameron on July 31, 2017 at 5:40 am

    In unity we are the most powerful. These two great school districts should look at the consequences of their actions very closely. If these two educational institutions do break up, no school will find it useful to look for help from outside. Resegregation in all the meaning of these words will, hopefully, not start at the schools of the district.

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