Webinars

2023 Webinars

Our webinars are free and open to the public but you have to register to attend.

School Integration vs Resegregation: A Battle Worth Fighting

October 5, 2023, 7:00 pm

Join PSFNC, Jerry Wilson of CREED, and James Carter of the Urban Institute for a discussion on the importance of school diversity in NC.Read More »

Resilience Film Screening

October 26, 2023, 7:00 pm

Join us for this award-winning, 60-minute film, Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope!Read More »

Resilience Film Screening

November 16, 2023, 7:00 pm

Join us for this award-winning, 60-minute film, Resilience: The Biology of Stress & The Science of Hope!Read More »

Completed webinars

School Voucher Expansion Harms Students & Threatens Public Ed Funding. Joshua Cowen describes his research on voucher programs dating back to the early 2000s, what he and other researchers found, what research has shown since, and what’s happening with vouchers across the country now.

Charter Schools and Their Impact on Local School Districts. Our guests are Eastern NC middle school teacher Rodney Pierce and former Wake County school board member Christine Kushner. The webinar provides a brief background on charter schools in NC. Kushner and Pierce discuss the impact charter school growth is having on public schools throughout North Carolina.

Broken Promises: The Hidden NC Teacher Tax. Wake County Educator Kim Mackey and Public Education Advocate Derek Scott present their research on the NC Teacher Tax.

School Psychologists & Community Mental Health Services: What Our Students Need Now! Join us to learn what services school psychologists provide to children in NC’s public schools. Our panelists are a school psychologist in the Wake County school system and a former school psychologist in private practice that currently works with Wake public schools. Panelists will explain the scope of services and programs offered and their impact on K-12 school success.

Parents’ Bill of Rights. We discussed Senate Bill 49, the “Parents Bill of Rights”. What’s in the bill that is already in federal and state law? How will this bill harm LGBTQ+ children? Does this bill have the potential to further erode our teacher pipeline and push some parents to remove their children from public school? We’ll explore these and other questions related to SB49.

Unpacking the 2022 State Budget. (August 17) In the recent short session, the NC General Assembly made several adjustments to the previous budget, and Alexandra Sirota, Executive Director of the NC Budget and Tax Center, walked through the changes that affect education in NC. Where was funding increased, what are the implications of the changes, and where do we still need more effort?

Privatization and the Assault on Public Education. (May 19) In this in-person event at the Hunt Library, NCSU, authors Donald Cohen and Tim Tyson discuss the problems associated with privatizing public goods such as education.

NC Pre-K: Possibilities and Barriers. (May 12) Discussion about NC’s (and federal) Early Childhood Education (ECE) policies and the NC Pre-K program with Elizabeth Byrum, Policy Analyst with NC Child, and Dawn Dawson, Senior Director, Office of Early Learning, Wake County Public Schools.

Special Education: Supporting Students’ Abilities When a Disability Exists. (March 24) Panel discussion with school psychologists, special education teachers, and parents to discuss the current crisis in providing special education services to our students and ways we can improve the system.

Teacher Pipeline: What Are We Going to Do? (March 10) Bryan Proffitt, Vice President of the NC Association of Educators, and Amanda Boshoff, Principal of Salem Middle School discuss NC’s teacher pipeline problem and strategies to address it.

NC School Social Workers in Action. (February 24) The value of school social workers has never been more evident and critical than during the last two years. Learn more about the role social workers play in providing students and their families the services they need to stay in school and be successful.

School Social Workers in NC: Needed More Now Than Ever. (February 7) The value of school social workers has never been more evident and critical than during the last two years with COVID, virtual learning, families losing jobs, homes, and loved ones to COVID, along with the increase in the numbers of students reporting mental health issues.

Overview of School Social Workers in NC & Registration

Child Poverty in NC. (January 20) A conversation with Gene Nichol and Heather Hunt, researchers with the NC Poverty Research Fund at UNC Law School. They discuss sobering data from their new must-read report “The persistent and pervasive challenge of child poverty and hunger in NC.”