{"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. If you are a member of the media looking to speak to an expert or a champion of the profession of education, let us help connect you with the right people. <a href=\"mailto:ckcrayto@ncsu.edu\">Contact<\/a> Executive Director of Marketing and Communication Cherry Crayton. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ncst-split-container wp-block-ncst-split-container\">\n    \n<div class=\"ncst-column wp-block-ncst-column\">\n    \n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-featured-callout ncst-featured-content\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n             <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        \n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-content-card with-image with-cta\"\n    href=\"mailto:ckcrayto@ncsu.edu\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" 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The New York Times asked three dozen experts, including Professor Anna Egalite: What could turn things around?<\/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\/09\/28\/the-assembly-a-hand-up-for-the-helpers\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-102610\"\n            alt=\"A WolfTRAC student in a classroom\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/wolftracIA.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/wolftracIA.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/wolftracIA-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/wolftracIA-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/wolftracIA-768x432.jpg 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\">September 28, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">The Assembly: A Hand Up for the Helpers<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">North Carolina has a teacher shortage. A new Wake County program is testing an apprenticeship model to help instructional assistants get the training they need to lead a classroom\u2014and improve their own income potential.<\/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\/09\/28\/ednc-community-responses-to-dual-language-closures-in-nc-highlight-importance-of-programs\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2442\" height=\"1152\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-102606\"\n            alt=\"A group of students walk down a school hallway holding a sign.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-9.27.02-AM.png\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-9.27.02-AM.png 2442w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-9.27.02-AM-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-9.27.02-AM-1024x483.png 1024w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-9.27.02-AM-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-9.27.02-AM-1536x725.png 1536w, https:\/\/ced.ncsu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/573\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-28-at-9.27.02-AM-2048x966.png 2048w\" 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\">September 28, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">EdNC: Community Responses to Dual Language Closures in NC Highlight Importance of Programs<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had, in the United States, more than 65 years of work around bilingual education,\u201d said Maria Coady, Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Education at NC State University, who studies multilingual learners (ML), rural communities, and the preparation of educators who work with MLs. 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