Wake Ed Partnership’s Keith Poston on why education must be a priority this legislative session

With the North Carolina General Assembly back in Raleigh for the 2026 session, the state of our public schools is once again at the top of the public policy agenda. Unfortunately, despite the talk we often hear from legislative leaders, the hard truth is that our schools are and have been struggling mightily for several years thanks to a chronic lack of funding. What’s more, as Newsline was reminded in a conversation this past week with the President of the nonprofit Wake Ed Partnership, Keith Poston, the situation figures to get worse and soon unless lawmakers decide to pause the regressive tax cuts that are scheduled to take effect in the near future. What’s more as Poston also noted, even the efforts of well-off counties like Wake to supplement state school funding could be in jeopardy if lawmakers follow through with a new plan to enact one-size-fits-all rules on local property taxes. Click here for the full interview with Keith Poston, President of the nonprofit Wake Ed Partnership.

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Wake Ed Partnership’s Keith Poston on why education must be a priority this legislative session is an episode from NC Policy Watch by NC Policy Watch.

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This episode was published on Apr 27, 2026.

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