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Both Sides Declare Victory In State Supreme Court Ruling On Education

WUNC News | By Amanda Magnus,
Frank Stasio
Published June 12, 2018 at 12:45 PM EDT
State Superintendent of Public Schools Mark Johnson
NC Public Schools
State Superintendent of Public Schools Mark Johnson
State Superintendent of Public Schools Mark Johnson
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State Superintendent of Public Schools Mark Johnson

The North Carolina Supreme Court released a ruling Friday over who is in charge of running the state’s public schools: the State Schools Superintendent or the State Board of Education. After the decision was unveiled, both sides claimed victory.

Host Frank Stasio talk with WUNC education policy reporter Liz Schlemmer about the ruling from the North Carolina Supreme Court over who is in charge of running the state’s public schools.

The N.C. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that a 2016 state law was constitutional. The law transferred some of the State Board of Education’s power to the State Schools Superintendent, Republican Mark Johnson. WUNC education policy reporter Liz Schlemmer joins host Frank Stasio to talk about the ruling.

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Amanda Magnus
Amanda Magnus grew up in Maryland and went to high school in Baltimore. She became interested in radio after an elective course in the NYU journalism department. She got her start at Sirius XM Satellite Radio, but she knew public radio was for her when she interned at WNYC. She later moved to Madison, where she worked at Wisconsin Public Radio for six years. In her time there, she helped create an afternoon drive news magazine show, called Central Time. She also produced several series, including one on Native American life in Wisconsin. She spends her free time running, hiking, and roller skating. She also loves scary movies.
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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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