[…] the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Her focus on understanding and addressing systemic issues surrounding race, organizational culture, and practices has been a consistent motivator and has validated […]
North Carolina State Budget Analysis 2021-23
[…] the extent to which the General Assembly’s 2021-23 budget aligns with the Forum’s Top Education Issues 2021 (which includes metrics for the next two years), as well as the targeted […]
NC Education Partners
[…] have the opportunity to discuss what is happening in their communities, learn more about key issues in state-level education policy, share and generate ideas to expand their efforts to support […]
Deanna Townsend-Smith, Ed.D.
[…] policy efforts of the Flood Center in an effort to achieve its mission of addressing issues of systemic racism by advocating for structural changes in policy and practice to build […]
Ashley Kazouh
[…] the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Her focus on understanding and addressing systemic issues surrounding race, organizational culture, and practices has been a consistent motivator and has validated […]
The Final Word: Beginning Teachers
[…] meetings. Many of these discussions about education locally, statewide, or nationally often center on political issues instead of what our students need and how we can support our educators to […]
Final Word: What North Carolina’s Regional Teachers of the Year Want You to Know
[…] duality. I’m going to quote Dr. Graham again and I’m going to say that the issues that the general public is seeing with public education are systemic and structural. However, […]
Dudley Flood Center Hosts First Mapping the Movement Event
[…] 2023. This annual summit brings together a diverse group of individuals and organizations to discuss issues around race, education, and community centered around the need for social justice. The Flood […]
Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity & Public School Forum of North Carolina Statement on Proposed House Bill 187
[…] ability of educators to provide students with accurate historical context for many of the current issues we are facing today. To ensure that our schools can better meet the social, […]
Public School Forum of NC Statement on Governor Cooper’s Proposed 2023-25 Budget
[…] of the evidence-based action items called for in the Public School Forum’s 2023-24 Top Education Issues. NC has a tremendous opportunity to invest in our communities, families, and students due […]
Teachers Never Quit Because of Kids
[…] of youth inevitably dulls as we learn that individual actions rarely combat deeply rooted multisystemic issues. I entered teaching keenly aware of the barriers – and motivated to dismantle them. […]
Final Word: Ask Yourself These Questions
[…] does not matter what political party you support, it does not matter what your key issues are (mine being education), or what zip code you live in – the policies […]
Final Word: Hope for North Carolina’s Teacher Pipeline
[…] and diversifying North Carolina’s teacher pipeline is one of the Public School Forum’s Top Education Issues this year. Our specific policy recommendations for this issue are: Eliminate requirements for teacher […]
Dudley Flood Center Continues Mapping the Movement with Event in Durham
[…] 2023. This annual summit brings together a diverse group of individuals and organizations to discuss issues around race, education, and community centered around the need for social justice. The keynote […]
Final Word: Back-to-School 2023-24
[…] day of school. Various schools in other districts experienced delayed or interrupted instruction caused by issues with air conditioning systems. Many Wake County students arrived at school late because of […]
Supporting Teachers So They Can Support Students
[…] the board by 24.5% to reach the national average is one of our Top Education Issues. However, the raises included in the General Assembly’s budget are less than one-third of […]
Achieving Equity Together
[…] geography, history, basic economic and political systems to enable students to make informed choices about issues that affect the student (personally, or in the student’s community, state, and nation)” “Sufficient […]
Newsletters
[…] North Carolina Center for Resilience and Learning’s monthly newsletter to receive information and resources about issues such as childhood trauma, resilience and the power of trauma-informed schools and communities. The […]
A Roadmap for Targeted Investment
[…] and other similar areas are often based on the idea that blindly throwing money at issues won’t fix them. However, the Roadmap gives us the necessary data to know where […]
Teacher Recruitment, Retention & Diversity
[…] partners Teacher Recruitment and Retention and the COVID-19 Pandemic Learn more about how preexisting pipeline issues, the pandemic’s impact the and potential solutions being from school districts and educator preparation […]
Forum Partners Program
[…] Forum has three recognition options for sponsors in 2024: May 7, 2024 – Eggs & Issues September 27 & 28, 2024 – Color of Education November 7-8, 2024 – Synergy […]
Building Relationships Through Bring Your Legislator to School Day
[…] but engaging with school communities gives legislators the chance to gather first-hand insights on local issues such as resource allocation, teacher shortages and other factors which can inform more effective […]
Chanté Russell
[…] created and ran a blog entitled Be The Zeitgeist exploring fashion, hip-hop culture and social issues. As a professional communicator, Chanté is passionate about conveying ideas meant to better the […]
School Districts and County Governments: Helping Each Other Protect the Economic Vitality of North Carolina Counties
[…] schedules, salaries and benefits accrue equally across the state to each county. Current Trends and Issues Since 2000, our traditional public school districts have seen a leveling off of the […]