Education Matters: NC’s school funding divide

Keith Poston

January 15, 2018

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Education Matters: NC’s school funding divide

by Keith Poston, EducationNC
January 15, 2018

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<p class="byline">by Keith Poston, EducationNC <br />January 15, 2018</p>
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<p>At a time of intense focus by state leaders on how schools are funded in North Carolina, a new study out this week show a stark and growing gap between the highest and lowest-wealth counties in the state, particularly urban and rural school districts. We discuss with one of study’s authors and two key experts.</p>
<p><strong>Guests:</strong></p>
<p>Lindsay Wagner, Senior Researcher/Writer, Public School Forum of NC<br />
 Dr. Eric Houck, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill<br />
 Kris Nordstrom, Education Finance and Policy Consultant</p>
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<h3>RESOURCES</h3>
<p><strong>Edlines</strong></p>
<p>#ClassSizeChaos<br />
 <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article193374504.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article193374504.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515873391100000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPLCLNmcE0wInjm6PQp5JUHIvg-g">http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article193374504.html<br />
 </a><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article193246149.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article193246149.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515873391101000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3QlkdptVjQ3oVaCOCf5XEeM-zEA">http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article193246149.html</a></p>
<p>Municipal charter districts on horizon?<br />
 <a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article193154769.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article193154769.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515873391101000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFjfTIPaWlrIsLoz2Ehi8Iok8jWdw">http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article193154769.html</a></p>
<p>Time running out for DACA fix<br />
 <a href="https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/01/04/as-end-of-daca-looms-an-anxious.html?cmp=soc-twitter-shr" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/01/04/as-end-of-daca-looms-an-anxious.html?cmp%3Dsoc-twitter-shr&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515873391101000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtXohPL44HDq-ORYm-APaIAvqvUg">https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/01/04/as-end-of-daca-looms-an-anxious.html?cmp=soc-twitter-shr</a></p>
<p><strong>Interview segments</strong></p>
<p>School Finance Study Confirms Vast Funding Disparities Across North Carolina<br />
 <a href="https://www.ncforum.org/local-school-finance-study/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://www.ncforum.org/local-school-finance-study/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515873391101000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHxJ_q5K0mmF9e07SMBFbliXqdxaA">https://www.ncforum.org/local-school-finance-study/</a></p>
<p>Eric Houck News &amp; Observer op-ed<br />
 <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article192188729.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article192188729.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515873391101000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFYDManXUEGillqj18nS46G_c-Bmw">http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article192188729.html</a></p>
<p>Kris Nordstrom News &amp; Observer op-ed<br />
 <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article193839659.html" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article193839659.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1515873391101000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGVYLFIEFgw2mSEcnaakaN-8qEzMQ">http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article193839659.html</a></p>
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Perspective Public School Forum of NC

At a time of intense focus by state leaders on how schools are funded in North Carolina, a new study out this week show a stark and growing gap between the highest and lowest-wealth counties in the state, particularly urban and rural school districts. We discuss with one of study’s authors and two key experts.

Guests:

Lindsay Wagner, Senior Researcher/Writer, Public School Forum of NC
Dr. Eric Houck, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill
Kris Nordstrom, Education Finance and Policy Consultant