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Education Matters – School Takeover Plan Meets Resistance

Topic: School Takeover Plan Meets Resistance The NC Innovative School District, created by the General Assembly in 2016, is set to begin taking over some low-performing schools across the state and turn them over to charter school operators. However, the plan is getting serious push back from some local communities, including Durham, which has one […]

Education Matters – Principal Pay

Topic: Principal Pay Last year average pay for principals in North Carolina ranked 50th nationally. The General Assembly responded with $35 million in pay raises for school-based administrators and a new principal pay plan. That plan is now generating concerns that many principals may actually lose pay and that it may create a disincentive for […]

Education Matters – Class Size Mandate

Topic:  Class Size Mandate We discuss new K-3 class size mandates from the General Assembly and the dramatic impact they are already having on schools this year, as well as what it may look like next year without legislative action. Guests: Jazzmone Sutton, Music Teacher, Wake County, President-Elect, NC Music Educators Association Gussie Marshallsea, Visual […]

Friday Report – September 8, 2017

This week in #nced: As Public Schools Do Without, Public Dollars Rise for Private Schools; New Principal Pay Plan Could Result in Steep Salary Reductions for Veteran Principals

New Principal Pay Plan Could Result in Steep Salary Reductions for Veteran Principals

Photo Credit: WRAL By Lindsay Wagner State Board of Education members expressed shock this week upon learning just how seriously the General Assembly’s newly enacted principal pay plan could hurt school leaders, particularly those who have devoted decades of service to the state’s public schools. “I don’t think it was anybody’s intent for principals to […]

Public School Forum’s Beginning Teacher Leadership Network Expanding to Cabarrus, Carteret and Onslow Counties

RALEIGH, NC (August 30, 2017) – The Public School Forum of North Carolina’s  Beginning Teacher Leadership Network (BTLN) that currently works with early-career teachers in Wake, Mecklenburg and Union Counties is expanding to three new counties this school year. Cabarrus, Carteret and Onslow are the newest addition to a program that began as a pilot […]

Education Matters – One-on-One with UNC President Margaret Spellings

Topic:  One-on-one with UNC President Margaret Spellings UNC President Margaret Spellings discusses Charlottesville and Silent Sam, her first year on the job, college affordability, UNC’s state support, teacher preparation and more Guests include: Margaret Spellings, President, University of North Carolina RESOURCES Charlottesville Resources for Educators in Wake of Charlottesville https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/14/543390148/resources-for-educators-to-use-the-wake-of-charlottesville Will Durham schools be next […]

Concerns Voiced About General Assembly’s New Principal Pay Plan

Originally Published in the Public School Forum’s Friday Report on 8/11/17 — A new principal pay plan enacted this year by the General Assembly drew pointed comments and concerns at last week’s State Board of Education’s (SBE) meeting. The 2017 changes dramatically overhaul how the state’s principals and assistant principals are compensated. With North Carolina currently […]

Education Matters – A New Direction for Leandro Case

Topic:  A New Direction for Leandro Case The now 20-year old landmark Leandro case on education quality and equity in North Carolina’s public schools just took a surprising new turn. We talk with Melanie Black Dubis, lead counsel for the plaintiff school districts. We also meet Dr. Nicole Hurd, Founder and CEO of the College Advising […]

Friday Report – August 4, 2017

The Friday Report August 4, 2017 Forum News This Week on Education Matters: A New Direction for Leandro Case This week’s show looks at the now 20-year old landmark Leandro case on education quality and equity in North Carolina’s public schools which just took a surprising new turn. We talk with Melanie Black Dubis, lead counsel […]