{"id":89581,"date":"2024-05-14T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T18:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/?page_id=89581"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:59:33","slug":"find-an-education-expert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/find-an-education-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Find an Education Expert                or Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignfull has-text-align-center alignwide\" style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: center\">Faculty, staff and students in NC State&#8217;s College of Education are experts in their field and passionate about talking about why they chose education. Our experts and community can talk about nearly any topic related to education &#8212; at any level of education &#8212; from pre-K and K-12 education through higher education and adult education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"alignfull has-text-align-center alignwide\" style=\"font-size: 18px;text-align: center\">In the past year, members of our community have talked to media about AI in education, private school vouchers, K-12 reading, math education, workforce development and educational attainment, and teacher recruitment and retention, among other topics. 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She said during that time, North Carolina made some of the most progress of any Southern state.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/2026\/10\/21\/u-s-news-where-is-kindergarten-mandatory\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1534\" height=\"922\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-102776\"\n            alt=\"Kindergarten kids doing an activity at a table.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-21-at-3.57.52-PM.png\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-21-at-3.57.52-PM.png 1534w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-21-at-3.57.52-PM-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-21-at-3.57.52-PM-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-21-at-3.57.52-PM-768x462.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">October 21, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">U.S. News: Where Is Kindergarten Mandatory?<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Most American children attend kindergarten, but only 17 states, plus Washington, D.C., require them to go.<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty, staff and students in NC State&#8217;s College of Education are experts in their field and passionate about talking about why they chose education. 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