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Tar Heel Teachers at Home: Interview with Keith Sutton, 2020 Candidate for North Carolina State Superintendent

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Tar Heel Teachers at Home is a weekly videocast focused on engaging North Carolinians in conversations about education. Each week, a panel of educators interview a guest(s).

In this videocast, the Tar Heel Teachers chat with Keith Sutton about his 2020 campaign for NC State Superintendent. He shares how his decade-long tenure on the Wake County Public Schools Board of Education has prepared him for the role. He also shares his thoughts about how the state can recruit and retain a diverse teaching force, virtual pre-K, universal pre-K, and more.

This week’s panel:

    • Moderator: Marlow M. Artis, Upward Bound Director with Sampson County Schools. Twitter: @TarHeelTeachers
    • Elementary School Panelist: Lisa Godwin, Kindergarten Teacher with Onslow County Schools. Twitter: @tarhokie
    • Middle School Panelist: Cassandra Parsons, Special Education Teacher with Cumberland County Schools Twitter: @Cassand3cparson
    • High School Panelist: Mika Twietmeyer, Biology Teacher with Durham Public Schools. Twitter: @MikaJHunter
    • Support Personnel Panelist: Aritia Smalls, AIG Program Specialist with Cumberland County Schools. Twitter: @SmallsAritia
    • Guest(s): Keith Sutton, 2020 Candidate for NC State Superintendent. Twitter: @votekeithsutton
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Marlow Artis

Marlow Artis is the Creator and Chief Content Purveyor for Tar Heel Teachers, which encompasses a website, an educational panel talk show, a videocast: Tar Heel Teachers at Home, and an educational travel series: Tar Heel Teachers on the Road. In addition to moderating and executive producing these media platforms, he happily served for five years as a sixth grade English/Language Arts teacher.

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