Public School Forum

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Study Group XVI: Expanding Educational Opportunity in North Carolina

  “Our efforts to date to confront the vast gaps in educational outcomes separating different groups of young Americans have yet to include a serious and sustained commitment to ending the appalling inequities—in school funding, in early education, in teacher quality, in resources for teachers and students and in governance—that contribute so mightily to these […]

Education Matters – October 16, 2016 – School Resources

Across our state, public schools are being asked to do more with less. Eight years after a crippling recession forced significant cuts in state spending, including in public education, many key funding areas still remain below pre-recession levels. We’ll explore with our guests, including two teachers who have felt it in their own pockets. Guests […]

Expanding educational opportunity in North Carolina: A preview of the Public School Forum’s Study Group XVI action plan and recommendations

Public School Forum’s Study Group XVI work was previewed in Education NC. Next week, the Public School Forum will release the final report from its 16th biennial “study group.” The report, entitled, Expanding Educational Opportunity in North Carolina: Action Plan and Recommendations, is a call to action for all of those who care about public education […]

NC EPFP Begins for 2016-17 Cohort

This week, the Public School Forum hosted its newest class of North Carolina Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) Fellows for a three-day retreat in Raleigh. The Forum welcomed 52 new Fellows, including, for the second year, a significant number of Fellows from counties in Western North Carolina, supported through a US Department of Education GEAR […]

Education Matters – October 2, 2016 – Teacher Pipeline

With increasing retirements and higher turnover in our teacher workforce — along with steep declines in our teacher preparation programs —  how will we ensure we have the teachers our children need? Guests include: Dr. Mary Ann Danowitz – Dean, School of Education, NC State Dr. Van Dempsey – Dean, Watson School of Education, UNC-Wilmington Trey Ferguson […]

Helping teachers take flight

Christina Spears, a special education teacher at Panther Creek High School in Wake County, wrote about her experience participating in the Beginning Teacher Leadership Network in Education NC. Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) equips beginning teachers with a tool chest full of equipment to put together the parts of this plane: the Beginning Teacher Support Program, […]

Public School Forum to launch weekly TV show ‘Education Matters’ on WRAL-TV

Public School Forum was mentioned in WRAL-TV’s announcement about the upcoming Education Matters television show. The Public School Forum of North Carolina is launching a new weekly television program beginning October 2, 2016 on WRAL-TV, the NBC affiliate in the Raleigh-Durham/Fayetteville market. The program, Education Matters, aims to provide the public with real facts about […]

Chris Fitzsimon: Remember Teaching Fellows?

Keith Poston and NC Teaching Fellows were mentioned in a Salisbury Post op-ed about the former program: State lawmakers have finally taken a bold step toward addressing the looming teacher shortage in public schools. The Republican supermajorities in the House and Senate worked with Democrats to create a scholarship program to encourage bright high school students to enter the […]

Many NC School Districts Struggle To Find Teachers

The Public School Forum was mentioned in a WUNC news story about teacher vacancies across the state. The North Carolina Public School Forum estimates the newest salary increases would move North Carolina’s average teacher salary from ninth to seventh out of the 12 states in the Southeast.   Wake County, which employs around 10,000 teachers, […]