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Topic: Newsmakers & Newsbreakers State Budget Director Charlie Perusse talks about Gov. Roy Cooper’s first budget and its focus on education investments in the first half of the show, followed […]

Preparing the Next Generation of School Leaders This week we focus on principal preparation and development. Why is principal development important, what are we doing well, what else do we […]

Topic: Our Vulnerable Students All young people deal with their own unique sets of pressure and stress in their lives that just come from growing up, but certainly two groups […]

Topic: NC’s Private School Voucher Program The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education has shined a spotlight on programs like NC’s Opportunity Scholarship Program that provides state […]

Topic: The School Calendar Question You may think education is largely a local issue, but when it comes to the calendar, NC school districts have very little say in when […]

Topic: Teacher of the Year: A New Documentary Film Teacher of the Year is a new documentary film that reveals the complex reality of teaching in the 21st century and explores […]

Topic: Talking Education with Gov. Roy Cooper Newly elected Governor Roy Cooper sits down with Education Matters host Keith Poston for the full half hour in a one-on-one discussion about […]

Topic: Digital Learning in North Carolina K-12 education is being transformed nationally and here in North Carolina as schools move quickly to take advantage of improved internet connectivity and new […]

Topic: State Board of Education vs. NC General Assembly HB 17 was passed in a surprise special session of the NC General Assembly in December. The bill, signed into law […]

Topic: 2017 Outlook – Voices from our Schools This week we hear from key voices from our public schools – school administrators and teachers. We discuss some of the key […]