An education reporter shares the changes she鈥檚 seen in K-12 over the past two decades in NC

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An education reporter shares the changes she鈥檚 seen in K-12 over the past two decades in NC

By Leoneda Inge,

Published August 26, 2024 at 10:40 AM EDT

Students walk down the hallway at Maureen Joy Charter School in Durham, North Carolina.

Reporter Ann Doss Helms has been covering education for more than two decades in North Carolina. She鈥檚 worked at The Charlotte Observer, and now at WFAE.

She's seen school districts shift, charter schools take off, and funding challenges continue over those years. Now, she's eyeing retirement.

She joins Leoneda Inge to reflect on the shifting landscape of public education in North Carolina.

Guest

Ann Doss Helms, education reporter WFAE-Charlotte鈥檚 NPR 瓜神app Source

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for 瓜神app, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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Ann Doss Helms

Ann Doss Helms covers education for WFAE. She was a reporter for The Charlotte Observer for 32 years, including 16 years on the education beat. She has repeatedly won first place in education reporting from the North Carolina Press Association and won the 2015 Associated Press Senator Sam Open Government Award for reporting on charter school salaries.

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