RALEIGH, NC (November 2, 2017) – The Public School Forum of North Carolina has tapped Joanna Schimizzi as Statewide Coordinator for its growing Beginning Teacher Leadership Network (BTLN). The BTLN […]
Friday Report – October 27, 2017
This week in #nced: Experienced Principals Could Face Pay Cuts; New Education Finance Reform Task Force to Meet Next Week
Friday Report – October 20, 2017
This week in #nced: Robeson County Resists Charter Takeover; Durham Schools Announce New Superintendent
Public School Forum of North Carolina Urges Congress to Protect Young Immigrants Affected by Decision to End DACA
RALEIGH, NC (October 18, 2017) – In a statement released today, the Board of Directors of the Public School Forum of North Carolina said the decision to end the Deferred […]
Education Matters – Black Teachers Matter
Topic: Black Teachers Matter Does having at least one black teacher make it less likely a black student will drop out of school and more likely to go to college? […]
Friday Report – October 13, 2017
This week in #nced: New NC Teaching Fellows Commission Appointments; Lawmakers Push Pause on House Bill 514
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 […]
Friday Report – October 6, 2017
This week in #nced: No Fix on Class Size; Minor Correction to Principal Pay; List of ISD Eligible Schools Cut to Four
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 […]
Friday Report – September 29, 2017
This week in #nced: Durham School Board Prepared to ‘Fight’ State on ISD; More NC Students Taking AP Exams
Education Matters – Meet the 2017 NC Teacher of the Year + NAACP Education Forum Preview
This week we meet Lisa Godwin, the 2017 NC Teacher of the Year from Onslow County. Plus we preview the upcoming NAACP Education Forum with NC NAACP Executive Director Dr. […]
Friday Report – September 22, 2017
This week in #nced: The Principal Pay Situation in NC; Court of Appeals Decisions Affect Ed Policy
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 […]
Friday Report – September 15, 2017
This week in #nced: Class Size Mandate Effects; Judges Delay Giving NC Superintendent Control Over the Education Department
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 […]
Friday Report – September 1, 2017
This week in #nced: Why Your Young Student’s Class is Smaller This Year, ECU’s Youngest Students Ready for Lab School
WakeEd Partnership and Public School Forum of NC Join Forces to Support Beginning Teachers in Wake County
RALEIGH, NC (August 30, 2017) – The Public School Forum of North Carolina and WakeEd Partnership have teamed up to jointly lead the Beginning Teacher Leadership Network (BTLN) of Wake […]
Lindsay Wagner Joins Public School Forum of North Carolina as Senior Writer/Researcher
RALEIGH, NC (August 30, 2017) – Lindsay Wagner is joining the Public School Forum of North Carolina as Senior Writer/Researcher. Most recently, Wagner worked at the A.J. Fletcher Foundation providing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday Report – August 25, 2017
This week in #nced: Enrollment Up in UNC System Teaching Programs; A Tale of Two North Carolina Schools
Friday Report – August 18, 2017
This week in #nced: Gov. Establishes Teacher Advisory Committee; Enrollment at NC Teaching Programs Inches Back Up
Friday Report – August 11, 2017
This week in #nced: Concerns Voiced About New Principal Pay Plan; Schools Consider Ways to Deal With Class Size Rules