Education Matters

By Public School Forum of NC

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Episodes: 257

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

Episode Date
Education Matters Ep 270: The Impact of Student Voice
Apr 06, 2026
Education Matters Episode 269: Creating and Nurturing Safe Spaces in our Schools
Mar 02, 2026
Education Matters Ep 268: Our Community School
Feb 16, 2026
Education Matters EP 267: Save the Date for NC Legislators in Schools Week 2026
Jan 17, 2026
Education Matters Ep 265: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement in Local Public Schools Pt. 2
Dec 13, 2025
Education Matters Ep 264: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement in Local Public Schools Pt. 1
Dec 06, 2025
EP 263 The Impact of Political Uncertainty on School Nutrition
Nov 15, 2025
EP 262 North Carolina After 3 PM
Nov 01, 2025
EP261: The Plan to Make North Carolina’s Public Schools the Best in the Nation
Oct 25, 2025
EP 259: Meet the 2025-26 Teachers of the Year PT.2
Jul 05, 2025
Meet the 2025-26 Teachers of the Year
Jun 28, 2025
Ep 257: Leading the Way in Business and Education
Jun 14, 2025
Ep 256: Meet the 2025-26 NC Principals of the Year Pt. 2
Jun 07, 2025
EP 255:Meet the 2025-26 NC Principals of the Year
May 31, 2025
EP 254: Innovating School Nutrition in NC
May 17, 2025
EP 253: Community Connections: The Power of Rural Schools and Local Businesses
Apr 19, 2025
EP 252: Celebrating 50 Years of IDEA
Mar 13, 2025
EP 251: Policymaker Perspectives at Eggs & Issues 2025
Feb 20, 2025
EP 250: Top Education Issues at Eggs & Issues 2025
Feb 13, 2025
Ep 249 2025 Long Session
Jan 30, 2025
Ep 248: Bright Ideas Grant Program
Dec 12, 2024
EP 246: Recovering from Helene in Western NC
Nov 07, 2024
EP 245: Education is on the Ballot: NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidate Debate PT.2
Oct 24, 2024
EP 244 Education is on the Ballot: NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidate Debate
Oct 19, 2024
EP 243- Education is on the Ballot: General Election 2024
Oct 12, 2024
EP 242: Meet the 2024-25 Teachers of the Year
Oct 05, 2024
Ep 241 North Carolina Teaching Fellows and Strengthening the Educator Pipeline
Jun 29, 2024
Ep 240: Meet the 2024-25 Beginning Teachers of the Year
Jun 15, 2024
Ep 239: Top Issues at Eggs & Issues 2024 Pt.2
May 25, 2024
Ep 238 Top Issues at Eggs & Issues 2024
May 18, 2024
Ep 237: Bring Your Legislator to School Day 2024
Apr 20, 2024
Ep 236 Embracing the Future of Education Today
Apr 06, 2024
Ep 235 Supporting our Principals
Mar 16, 2024
Ep 234 Education is on the Ballot
Feb 25, 2024
Ep 233 Improving North Carolina’s Teacher Working Conditions
Feb 04, 2024
Ep 232 Meet the 2023-24 North Carolina Regional Principals of the Year
Jan 21, 2024
Ep 231 2023 Roadmap of Need
Dec 17, 2023
Ep 230 Exploring the Consequences of Private School Voucher Expansion Pt 2
Dec 03, 2023
Ep 229:Mapping the Movement and Color of Education 2023
Nov 13, 2023
The Critical Role of Afterschool and Expanded Learning for Students, Schools, and Communities
Oct 28, 2023
EP 227: Exploring the Consequences of Private School Voucher Expansion
Oct 21, 2023
Meet the 2023-24 NC Regional Teachers of the Year
Sep 30, 2023
Meet the 2023-24 North Carolina Teacher, Principal and Superintendent of the Year
Sep 09, 2023
Ep. 224 Back-to-School 2023-24
Aug 31, 2023
Ep. 223 Financial Literacy and FAFSA
Jun 03, 2023
Ep. 222 Educator Preparation Pathways
May 27, 2023
Ep. 221 Current Legislative Efforts on Opportunity Scholarships & Student Funding
May 06, 2023
Ep. 220 Legislative Update
Apr 28, 2023
Ep. 219: Trauma-Informed Schools Part 2
Apr 01, 2023
Ep. 218 Trauma-Informed Schools
Mar 18, 2023
Ep. 217 Culturally Responsive Curriculum
Mar 01, 2023
Ep. 215 The Importance of Student Voice
Jan 29, 2023
Ep. 214 Regional Teachers Of The Year Part 2
Jan 15, 2023
Ep. 213: A discussion with NC Regional Teachers of the Year
Dec 18, 2022
Ep. 212 Color of Education Annual Summit
Nov 20, 2022
Ep. 212 The Color of Education Annual Summit
Nov 20, 2022
Ep. 211 Get Out and Vote
Oct 22, 2022
Ep. 210 Licensure Pathways, Recruitment, and Retention
Sep 24, 2022
Ep. 209 Starting the School Year with Teacher Shortages
Sep 03, 2022
Education Matters ep. 208
Aug 13, 2022
Ep. 206 Advanced Teaching Roles
Jul 16, 2022
Ep. 205 Recruitment, Retention, and Working Conditions
Jun 13, 2022
Ep. 204 Principals and Social-Emotional Learning
May 14, 2022
Ep.203 NC Beginning Teachers of the year
May 12, 2022
Ep.202 Implications of Desegregation on NC Teacher Pipeline
May 12, 2022
Ep. 201 Supporting the Needs of Student Mental Health
Apr 02, 2022
Ep. 200 Celebration
Mar 26, 2022
Ep. 199 Eggs and Issues 2022: Measuring Progress
Feb 27, 2022
ep. 198 Trauma-Informed Practices
Feb 06, 2022
Ep.196 Supporting the Needs of Student Mental Health
Jan 30, 2022
Part 2 of our Discussion with NC Regional Teachers of the Year
Jan 23, 2022
Ep. 194 A Discussion with NC Regional Teachers of the Year
Jan 16, 2022
Ep. 192 Dual-Language Programs and School Choice
Dec 19, 2021
Ep. 193 Accelerate, Invigorate, Motivate: NC DPI’s AIM Conference
Dec 12, 2021
ep.191 Sparks of Color: The Untold Stories of Racial Equity Advocates
Nov 06, 2021
ep.190 Exploring the Perspectives of Parents with Children in Afterschool Programs
Oct 23, 2021
Ep. 189 A Conversation with Superintendents 2
Oct 16, 2021
Ep. 185 A Discussion with North Carolina’s Regional Teachers of the Year
Sep 04, 2021
Ep. 181 A Conversation with National Leaders
Jul 17, 2021
Ep. 180 Increasing Diversity in STEM
Jul 10, 2021
Ep. 179 Budget and Priorities: Federal, State, and Local Roles in Education
Jul 03, 2021
Ep. 178Student Voices Panel: Ensuring Access to Rigorous Coursework
Jun 05, 2021
Ep. 177 NC Teachers of the Year
May 22, 2021
Ep. 176 Looking Ahead to Leandro Implementation (Part 2)
May 01, 2021
Ep. 175 Looking Ahead to Leandro Implementation (Part 1)
Apr 24, 2021
Ep. 174 Aligning Highschool to Postsecondary and Career Expectations
Apr 17, 2021
Ep. 172 Early Childhood Education
Mar 27, 2021
ep.171 The Science of Reading
Mar 20, 2021
Ep. 170 Developing a School Finance System that Provides Resources to Every Child
Mar 14, 2021
ep. 169 A Qualified and Well-Prepared Teacher in Every Classroom
Feb 28, 2021
Education Matters ep. 167 Annual Eggs & Issues: Equity and Education Policy
Feb 07, 2021
Ep. 166 Eggs and Issues event: COVID-19's impact on Education Policy
Feb 05, 2021
Ep. 165 Looking ahead to 2021 NCGA Long Session for Education
Jan 24, 2021
Ep. 164 North Carolina After 3 pm: Afterschool Programs Rank 6th Nationally
Jan 17, 2021
ep. 163 National Board Certification
Dec 20, 2020
Ep. 162 Schools as Community Partners
Dec 13, 2020
ep. 161 schools and the community
Dec 03, 2020
ep. 160 Career and Technical Education
Nov 22, 2020
ep. 159 Student Success during COVID-19 and Beyond Requires NC to Invest in School Support Personnel
Nov 15, 2020
ep. 158 Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity
Oct 31, 2020
Education Matters ep. 157 Policing in Schools and Discipline Disparities
Oct 24, 2020
Ep. 156 Color of Education
Oct 17, 2020
ep. 155 Color of Education
Oct 10, 2020
Ep. 154A Discussion with the Candidates for State Superintendent
Oct 03, 2020
ep. 153 Broadband and Digital Learning
Sep 26, 2020
ep. 152 STEM Engagement
Sep 19, 2020
ep. 151 STEM Funders, Business, and Industry
Sep 12, 2020
ep. 150 School Budgets: Short- and Long-term Impacts on Our Public Schools
Aug 29, 2020
Ep. 149 School Culture in the World of COVID-19
Aug 22, 2020
Ep. 148 Student Voices and COVID-19
Aug 15, 2020
Ep. 147 Synergy and Afterschool Programming
Aug 08, 2020
ep. 146 Supporting and Lifting Up Teachers in the World of COVID-19
Aug 01, 2020
Ep. 145 Supporting Families with Students in Hybrid and Remote Learning Environments
Jul 25, 2020
Episode 144-COVID-19’s Impact on Public School Funding
Jul 18, 2020
Ep. 143 Safely Starting the 2020-21 School Year
Jul 11, 2020
Ep. 142 NC Businesses Supporting Public Schools and Introducing Dr. Mary Ann Wolf
Jul 04, 2020
Ep. 141 Leandro: Moving from Planning to Action
Jun 27, 2020
Ep. 140 Spotlight on the Class of 2020 and Reopening our Schools This Fall
Jun 20, 2020
Ep. 139Supporting the Social and Emotional Well-Being of School Communities During COVID-19
Jun 13, 2020
Episode 138 Planning for Reopening Schools Safely During Covid-19
Jun 06, 2020
Episode 137Remote Learning Without Access: Workarounds From Rural Communities Part 2
May 30, 2020
Ep.136 Remote Learning Without Internet Access: Workarounds From Rural Communities
May 23, 2020
Ep. 135: COVID-19 Budget and State Decisions Update
May 09, 2020
Ep 134:From Breakfast to Broadband and Back: Parents Insight to Navigating Remote Learning
May 02, 2020
Episode 133 Access and Accessibility to Broadband
Apr 25, 2020
Ep. 132-Covid-19 update and Special-Population Students
Apr 18, 2020
Episode 131-Educator Self-Care and Wellness
Apr 11, 2020
Episode 130-Social Emotional Learning During Covid-19
Apr 04, 2020
Episode 128-North Carolina Education Leaders Respond to Coronavirus
Mar 21, 2020
Education Matters Ep. 127 Connecting Student Data Systems to Improve Educational Outcomes
Mar 07, 2020
Episode 124-Keeping Our Students Safe
Mar 01, 2020
Education Matters Ep. 126 Eggs And Issues and Leandro
Feb 23, 2020
Eggs & Issues Features Leandro & How to Ensure All NC Children Receive a Sound Basic Education
Feb 22, 2020
Episode 125-Digital Citizenship and State Superintendent Series Wrap Up
Feb 08, 2020
Episode 122 - Race For State Superintendent
Jan 25, 2020
Ep 123: Making Our Students And Schools Safer
Jan 18, 2020
Ep. 121: A Recap Of The Year In NC Education
Dec 21, 2019
Ep 120 Improving Teacher Diversity In North Carolina
Dec 14, 2019
Episode - 119 Addressing the Teacher Pay Stalemate
Nov 23, 2019
Episode 118: Fair and Equitable Funding for All of North Carolina’s Schools
Nov 16, 2019
Addressing Racial Equity in North Carolina’s Schools
Nov 09, 2019
Episode 116 - Addressing the Unique Rural Education Strengths and Challenges in North Carolina
Nov 02, 2019
Episode 115 - North Carolina is a Leader in Global Education
Oct 26, 2019
Education Matters Ep 114 - The Impacts of Afterschool Programs on North Carolina's Youth
Oct 19, 2019
Episode 113 - State Budget Veto Override
Sep 21, 2019
Episode 112 - When “A” Means Affluent
Sep 14, 2019
Education Matters Show - Are NC Schools Prepared for the Next Hurricane?
Aug 31, 2019
Episode 110 - Trauma-Informed Schools
Aug 17, 2019
Episode 109 - Innovative Public Schools
Aug 09, 2019
Episode 108 - One-on-One with Governor Roy Cooper
Aug 03, 2019
Episode 107 - State Health Plan Standoff
Jul 27, 2019
Episode 106 - Wake Students Chronicle Lynching History
Jul 20, 2019
Episode 105 - State Budget Showdown
Jul 13, 2019
Episode 104 - Early College High Schools on the Chopping Block
Jun 22, 2019
Episode 103 - North Carolina Rock Star Teachers
Jun 14, 2019
Episode 102 - The E-Cigarette Epidemic and Students
May 25, 2019
Episode 101 - Teacher Rally Recap and Exploring the House Budget
May 11, 2019
Episode 100 -How Do We Keep Our Children Safe?
Apr 27, 2019
Episode 99 - NC Teachers Marching Again
Apr 20, 2019
Episode 98 - Expanding NC’s Teacher Pipeline
Apr 13, 2019
Episode 97 - Talking Testing with Teacher Legislators
Apr 06, 2019
Episode 96 - One-on-One with NC Governor Roy Cooper
Mar 30, 2019
Episode 95 - Newsmakers
Mar 23, 2019
Episode 94 - One-On-One with State Superintendent Mark Johnson
Mar 09, 2019
Episode 93 - Documenting Historically Segregated Black Schools
Mar 02, 2019
Episode 92 - Inequity in School Funding
Feb 23, 2019
Episode 91 - Exploring Rural-Urban North Carolina
Feb 16, 2019
Episode 90 - Newsmaker Conversations
Feb 09, 2019
Episode 89 - Diversity in Teaching
Feb 02, 2019
Episode 88 - Top Education Issues for 2019
Jan 26, 2019
Episode 87 - Freshman Year
Jan 19, 2019
Episode 86 - Legislative Preview
Jan 12, 2019
Episode 85 - One-on-One with NC Community College System President Peter Hans
Jan 05, 2019
Episode 84 - Importance of Principal Leadership
Dec 08, 2018
Episode 83 - Disrupting the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Dec 01, 2018
Episode 82 - The New State Board of Education
Nov 17, 2018
Episode 81 - How will the election affect education in NC?
Nov 03, 2018
Episode 80 - Community Fights School Takeover
Oct 27, 2018
Episode 79 - The Color of Law
Oct 20, 2018
Episode 78 - Students and Race
Oct 13, 2018
Episode 77 - Interview with New York Times Magazine’s Nikole Hannah-Jones
Oct 05, 2018
Episode 76 - Is NC providing access to quality public education?
Sep 15, 2018
Episode 75 - One-on-One with State Superintendent Mark Johnson
Sep 09, 2018
Episode 74 - Back to School
Sep 02, 2018
Episode 73 - Work-Based Learning
Aug 24, 2018
Episode 72 - Youth Suicide
Aug 18, 2018
Episode 71 - Should Schools Scrap Letter Grades?
Aug 11, 2018
Episode 70 - Teens, Social Media and Fake News
Aug 04, 2018
Episode 69 - Leadership Conversations
Jul 28, 2018
Episode 68 - Hits & Misses: A Legislative Recap
Jul 14, 2018
Episode 67 - Newsmakers & Newsbreakers
Jun 30, 2018
Episode 66 - Tax Cap Amendment and Education
Jun 23, 2018
Episode 65 - Examining NC’s Private School Voucher Program
Jun 16, 2018
Episode 64 - NC’s School Building Needs
Jun 02, 2018
Episode 63 - Principal Pay
May 26, 2018
Episode 62 - Setting an agenda for education
Apr 28, 2018
Episode 61 - Overhauling Public School Funding
Apr 14, 2018
Episode 60 - Should NC Break Up Large School Districts?
Apr 07, 2018
Episode 59 - Spotlight on NC School of Science & Mathematics and NC Lab Schools
Mar 31, 2018
Episode 58 - Racial Disparity in School Discipline
Mar 24, 2018
Episode 57 - Schools and Mass Shootings: Policy Implications
Mar 17, 2018
Episode 56 - Mass Shootings in Schools: How can we protect our children?
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 55 - One-on one with Lt. Gov. Dan Forest
Mar 03, 2018
Episode 54 - Technology and Personalized Learning
Feb 25, 2018
Episode 53 - Investing Early in Our Future
Feb 11, 2018
Episode 52 - Future of Education in the American South
Feb 03, 2018
Episode 51 - Top 10 Education Issues for 2018
Jan 27, 2018
Episode 50 - Is a Class Size Fix Coming?
Jan 20, 2018
Episode 49 - NC's School Funding Divide
Jan 12, 2018
Episode 48 - Legislative Preview and the Class Size Mandate
Jan 05, 2018
Episode 47 - Conversation with Governor Jim Hunt
Dec 16, 2017
Episode 46 - The New NC Teaching Fellows Program
Dec 02, 2017
Episode 45 - Childhood Trauma & Learning
Nov 25, 2017
Episode 44 - Voucher School Controversy
Nov 10, 2017
Episode 43 - Black Teachers Matter
Oct 14, 2017
Episode 42 - School Takeover Plan Meets Resistance
Oct 07, 2017
Episode 41 - Principal Pay
Sep 30, 2017
Episode 40 - Meet the 2017 NC Teacher of the Year + NAACP Education Forum Preview
Sep 23, 2017
Episode 39 - Class Size Mandate
Sep 16, 2017
Episode 38 - One-on-One with UNC President Margaret Spellings
Aug 26, 2017
Episode 37 - A Closer Look at the NC Innovative School District & New Teacher Pay Pilots
Aug 12, 2017
Episode 36 - A New Direction for Leandro Case
Aug 05, 2017
Episode 35 - Should Large NC School Districts Be Broken Up?
Jul 29, 2017
Episode 34 - Retiree Health Benefits Elimination
Jul 15, 2017
Episode 33 - Child Well-Being in North Carolina
Jul 08, 2017
Episode 32 - State Budget Focus
Jun 24, 2017
Episode 31 - The Latest on the State Budget
Jun 17, 2017
Episode 30 - State Board Chair Bill Cobey + Focus on Charter School Policy
Jun 03, 2017
Episode 29 - NC Senate Budget + Focus on Leadership in Education
May 26, 2017
Episode 28 - Conversation with State Superintendent Mark Johnson & Importance of Early Learning
Apr 29, 2017
Episode 27 - Race: Are We So Different?
Apr 22, 2017
Episode 26 - Teaching Fellows 2.0
Apr 15, 2017
Episode 25 - School Building Needs and State Employee Benefits
Apr 08, 2017
Episode 24 - How Your Zip Code Drives School Funding
Apr 01, 2017
Episode 23 - Private School Vouchers: A National Perspective
Mar 25, 2017
Episode 22 - Focus on School Funding
Mar 18, 2017
Episode 21 - Newsmakers and Newsbreakers
Mar 11, 2017
Episode 20 - Preparing the Next Generation of School Leaders
Mar 04, 2017
Episode 19 - Our Vulnerable Students
Feb 23, 2017
Episode 18 - North Carolina’s Private School Voucher Program
Feb 17, 2017
Episode 17 - The School Calendar Question
Feb 10, 2017
Episode 16 - Teacher of the Year: A New Documentary Film
Feb 04, 2017
Episode 15 - Talking Education with Gov. Roy Cooper
Jan 28, 2017
Episode 14 - Digital Learning
Jan 21, 2017
Episode 13 - State Board of Education vs. NC General Assembly
Jan 13, 2017
Episode 12 -Voices from Our Schools
Jan 06, 2017
Episode 11 - North Carolina School Funding Plans
Dec 15, 2016
Episode 10 - Race & Education
Dec 10, 2016
Episode 9 - The Benefits Of Early Childhood Education
Dec 03, 2016
Episode 8 - Principals And Principal Pay
Nov 25, 2016
Episode 7 - Election 2016
Nov 18, 2016
Episode 6 - After The Floods
Nov 11, 2016
Episode 5 - School Finance Across North Carolina
Nov 04, 2016
Episode 4 - Teacher Pay In North Carolina
Oct 29, 2016
Episode 3 - Expanding Educational Opportunity In North Carolina
Oct 22, 2016
Episode 2 - School Resources
Oct 15, 2016
Episode 1 - Teacher Pipeline
Oct 01, 2016