Mary Ann Wolf
Mary Ann Wolf, President and CEO of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, discusses the teacher shortage and the state’s top education issues
Read: The Public School Forum’s Top Education Issue report for 2022
Low pay, lack of respect hinders teacher recruitment
Low pay is a concern for university students considering the teaching profession, Tre Woods, a UNC-Wilmington junior, told a panel discussing the workforce crisis within public education. Woods is studying English secondary education at the university and plans to become a teacher. “I think that [low pay] is definitely something that we think about when […]
Deanna Townsend-Smith will leave State Board of Education post to join Public School Forum NC
Long-time educator Deanna Townsend-Smith has been named senior director of the Dudley Flood Center of Educational Equity and Opportunity at the Public School Forum of NC. Townsend-Smith has been an integral member of the State Board of Education’s staff in her role as director of operations and policy. She oversees the board’s day-to-day operations, manages […]
Education expert Mary Ann Wolf to lead the Public School Forum of North Carolina
Education policy and leadership expert Mary Ann Wolf was named executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina on Monday. Wolf is a senior director at N.C. State University’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and chairwoman of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education. She will begin work at the Forum, an education advocacy organization, June […]