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Education Position Questionnaire
We sent out our Education Position Questionnaire to candidates seeking office in the 2020 election. The questionnaire consists of 10 simple position statements on key public education issues. We want …
NCATA Conference
Public Schools First NC attended the NC Association of Teaching Assistants statewide conference March 5-8, 2020.
We were honored to attend and be a part of this annual event. We believe …
Conference Recap
Our conference — Impact of Privatizing Public Schools — was held in Raleigh on October 12, 2019.
We were honored to have the following panelists speak about privatization’s effects on public …
ACEs and Toxic Stress
ACEs and Toxic Stress: Rewriting the Story for the Next Gene
What are the long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)?
This compelling speech by Dr. Nadine Harris Burke (featured in the …
In Praise of Public Education
In Praise of Public Education: A Conversation with Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.
Join us May 22, 2019 from 6-8 PM at the NC Arboretum for a fundraiser to support our …
School Safety Tweet Storm
Two bills have recently been introduced to arm our public school teachers with guns.
We join most of North Carolina’s 110,000 educators in opposing arming educators.
Join us Wednesday, March 13th from 7 …
State Board of Education Approves Sch...
The State Board of Education voted to transfer Carver Heights Elementary into the Innovative School District beginning in 2019-2020. Carver Heights Elementary is located in Goldsboro, NC. See the press …
Color of Education: An Evening With N...
On October 2, 2018 we attended the kick-off event of the “Color of Education” series that featured award-winning New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones. In this sold-out event, Nikole talked …
“The Color of Law”
School segregation is unfortunately on the rise in our public schools and is directly linked to patterns of residential segregation. In The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How …
