Perspective School finance study confirms vast funding disparities across North Carolina by Keith Poston | January 9, 2018 For more than 20 years, the Public School Forum of North Carolina has produced an annual school finance study that...
Perspective Education Matters – Legislative preview and the class size mandate by Keith Poston | January 8, 2018 The General Assembly will re-convene next week for a special continuation of the 2017 regular session. Will the class size...
Perspective Will North Carolina schools see a fix in January for the class size crisis? by Lindsay Wagner | December 6, 2017 North Carolina school districts counting on a January legislative fix to the class size mandate that’s having a big impact...
Perspective Without action, class size mandate threatens Pre-K in some school districts by Lindsay Wagner | November 16, 2017 Without the necessary time and money to build more elementary school classrooms to satisfy the General Assembly’s requirement to lower...
Perspective Education Matters — Black teachers matter by Keith Poston | October 16, 2017 Does having at least one black teacher make it less likely a black student will drop out of school and...
Perspective When it comes to education, it’s past time to put children ahead of politics by Keith Poston | January 26, 2017 As 2016 wound down, North Carolina – and the nation – closed the book on a divisive and unpredictable election...
Expanding educational opportunity in North Carolina: Action plan and recommendations by Public School Forum Of North Carolina | October 20, 2016 On October 21, 2015, North Carolina leaders in education, business, and government convened to kick off the Public School Forum’s...
Failing schools legislation needs to account for the complexity of the problem of perennially low-achieving schools by Jayne Fleener | October 19, 2016 A recent study group, sponsored by the Public School Forum, explored the complexities and potential solutions to the challenges of...
Elevating racial equity as an education imperative by Alfred Mays | October 18, 2016 Neither a conversation nor any real meaningful planning can take place around expanding educational opportunity in North Carolina without addressing...
The weight of their experiences: The impact of childhood trauma on learning by Katie Rosanbalm and Nation Hahn | October 17, 2016 On any given day in schools across North Carolina, children are walking through the schoolhouse doors carrying far more than...
Expanding educational opportunity in North Carolina: A preview of the Public School Forum’s Study Group XVI action plan and recommendations by Michael Priddy and Dudley Flood | October 14, 2016 Next week, the Public School Forum will release the final report from its 16th biennial “study group.” The report, entitled,...
NC Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP) accepting applications for 2016-17 cohort by Staff | July 18, 2016 The following is from the Public School Forum of North Carolina’s July 15 Friday Report Recruitment is under way for...
