Teacher Assistant Jobs In Jeopardy

WUNC News | By Will Michaels,

Frank Stasio, Andrew Tie

Published July 22, 2015 at 12:19 PM EDT

Fayetteville teacher assistant Grace King works with first graders on sight words.

Teacher assistant positions in North Carolina have been cut steadily in recent years. And the North Carolina Senate's proposed budget eliminates funding for about 8,500 moreTAsin order to hire more teachers.

Teacher assistants and researchers are split on the effectiveness ofTAs. WUNC reporter Reema Khrais gives us an update on the state of education in North Carolina

Host FrankStasiotalks toWUNCreporterReemaKhrais about the state of teacher assistant jobs.

She also gives us the latest on the court’s review of the Leandro Case, a 1994 lawsuit about education equality in the state.

Will Michaels

Will Michaels started his professional radio career at WUNC.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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Andrew Tie