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Episode 24 - How Your Zip Code Drives School Funding
A new report out by the Public School Forum spotlights stark gaps in school funding across the state. Guests: • Lauren Bock, Research Director, Publi…
8 years, 9 months ago
Episode 23 - Private School Vouchers: A National Perspective
A leading national expert discusses the push toward privatization in K-12 education and its impact on public education and society as a whole. Guest:…
8 years, 9 months ago
Episode 22 - Focus on School Funding
This week we focus on two key issues in school funding. We talk to school leaders about the impact of the K-3 class size mandate and a search for a s…
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 21 - Newsmakers and 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…
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 20 - 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 need to …
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 19 - 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 of st…
8 years, 10 months ago
Episode 18 - North Carolina’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, which pr…
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 17 - 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 their school ye…
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 16 - 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 the forces that influence…
8 years, 11 months ago
Episode 15 - 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 key educ…
8 years, 11 months ago