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Education Matters

A Weekly Look at the Real Stories and Real People in Education Across North Carolina.

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Episode 77 - Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones

Episode 77 - Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones is one of the country’s most respected and influential voices on issues of race and education. She w... Read more

5 Oct 2018

24mins

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Episode 52 - Future of Education in the American South

Episode 52 - Future of Education in the American South

A new report out this week says that while North Carolina and other Southern states made major advances in education in ... Read more

3 Feb 2018

24mins

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Episode 62 - Setting an agenda for education

Episode 62 - Setting an agenda for education

A new commission created last year – My Future NC – wants to develop a broad-based education agenda for North Carolina a... Read more

28 Apr 2018

24mins

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Episode 92 - Inequity in School Funding

Episode 92 - Inequity in School Funding

A study released this week by the Public School Forum of NC shows a growing gap in public school funding between the hig... Read more

23 Feb 2019

24mins

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Episode 83 - Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Episode 83 - Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Satana Deberry campaigned to become Durham County’s next District Attorney advocating for reforms in the criminal justic... Read more

1 Dec 2018

24mins

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Episode 68 - Hits & Misses: A Legislative Recap

Episode 68 - Hits & Misses: A Legislative Recap

The General Assembly just wrapped up its short session for 2018 with a return date of November 27th after the fall elect... Read more

14 Jul 2018

24mins

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Episode 59 - Spotlight on NC School of Science & Mathematics and NC Lab Schools

Episode 59 - Spotlight on NC School of Science & Mathematics and NC Lab Schools

One is a brand new partnership between our state university teacher prep programs and K-12 public schools, while the oth... Read more

31 Mar 2018

24mins

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Episode 100 -How Do We Keep Our Children Safe?

Episode 100 -How Do We Keep Our Children Safe?

The rate of teen suicide in North Carolina has doubled in the last 10 years. Self-harm among 10- to 14-year-old girls in... Read more

27 Apr 2019

26mins

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Episode 124-Keeping Our Students Safe

Episode 124-Keeping Our Students Safe

Anonymous reporting, safety apps, school resource officers. Do you know how your children are staying safe while in scho... Read more

1 Mar 2020

24mins

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Episode 49 - NC's School Funding Divide

Episode 49 - NC's School Funding Divide

At a time of intense focus by state leaders on how schools are funded in North Carolina, a new study out this week show ... Read more

12 Jan 2018

24mins

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Episode 110 - Trauma-Informed Schools

Episode 110 - Trauma-Informed Schools

We know that Adverse Childhood Experiences or ACEs can lead to long-term health issues as adults, but we’re just beginni... Read more

17 Aug 2019

24mins

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Episode 93 - Documenting Historically Segregated Black Schools

Episode 93 - Documenting Historically Segregated Black Schools

The history of school desegregation includes many important stories of courageous African American families and their ch... Read more

2 Mar 2019

24mins

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Episode 55 - One-on one with Lt. Gov. Dan Forest

Episode 55 - One-on one with Lt. Gov. Dan Forest

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest discusses top education issues including school safety & arming teachers, digital... Read more

3 Mar 2018

24mins

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Addressing Racial Equity in North Carolina’s Schools

Addressing Racial Equity in North Carolina’s Schools

Last month, the Public School Forum of North Carolina, along with the Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity and the... Read more

9 Nov 2019

24mins

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Episode 65 - Examining NC’s Private School Voucher Program

Episode 65 - Examining NC’s Private School Voucher Program

Two new reports are out exploring our state’s Opportunity Scholarship or private school voucher program. One study looks... Read more

16 Jun 2018

24mins

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Episode 130-Social Emotional Learning During Covid-19

Episode 130-Social Emotional Learning During Covid-19

While students are staying home, Social Emotional Learning is especially important now more than ever. Today we look at ... Read more

4 Apr 2020

25mins

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Ep 120 Improving Teacher Diversity In North Carolina

Ep 120 Improving Teacher Diversity In North Carolina

Research says students experience significant academic and emotional benefits from having teachers of color, yet in Nort... Read more

14 Dec 2019

24mins

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Ep. 121: A Recap Of The Year In NC Education

Ep. 121: A Recap Of The Year In NC Education

From the controversy around reading assessment tools to the release of a court-ordered report on school funding, 2019 ha... Read more

21 Dec 2019

24mins

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Episode 112 - When “A” Means Affluent

Episode 112 - When “A” Means Affluent

Last week the NC Department of Public Instruction released its annual A-F School Performance Grades for the state’s publ... Read more

14 Sep 2019

24mins

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Episode 89 - Diversity in Teaching

Episode 89 - Diversity in Teaching

North Carolina’s public schools are becoming increasingly diverse with students of color now making up more than 50 perc... Read more

2 Feb 2019

24mins

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