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Carolina Curious: Public Education And Ten Years Of Change

88.5 WFDD - Public Radio For The Piedmont | By Keri Brown

Published June 6, 2016 at 9:42 PM EDT

The first year of teaching has been rewarding and challenging for teacher Madelyn Rindal. Photo by Keri Brown/WFDD

For the latest in our series Carolina Curious, listener and newly-minted teacher Madelyn Rindal wants to know:

“How has the North Carolina Public School System changed in the last decade and how does it compare to our neighboring states?”

This is one of those questions where you don't know where to begin. In the last ten years, there has been so much change – new technology, higher nutrition standards for school lunches, and increased security, just to name a few.

But when we talked to educators, one theme up came over and over again: funding. WFDD's Keri Brown reports on how money (or the lack thereof) has shaped the state's public schools in the last ten years.

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Keri Brown is a multi-award winning reporter and host at 88.5 WFDD. She has been honored with two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for her stories about coal ash, and was named the 2015 radio reporter of the year by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (RTDNAC).Although she covers a variety of topics, her beats are environmental and education reporting.Keri comes to the Triad from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, where she served as the Chief Bureau Reporter for the Northern Panhandle. She produced stories for the state's Public Television and Radio programs and was honored by the West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association for her feature and enterprise reporting.She also served as an adjunct instructor at Wheeling Jesuit University and Bethany College in West Virginia. She worked with the Center for Educational Technologies in Wheeling, WV, and other NASA centers across the country to develop several stories about the use of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts in the classroom.Keri's journalism career began at WTRF-TV 7 in Wheeling. She worked in several roles at the station, including the head assignment editor. She also was a field producer and assignment manager at WPGH-TV Fox 53 in Pittsburgh.Keri is a graduate of Ohio University. When she's not in the studio or working on a story, she enjoys watching college football with her family, cooking, and traveling.Keri is always looking for another great story idea, so please share them with her. You can follow her on Twitter @kerib_news.

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