Superintendent Catherine Truitt taught ten years in the classroom before rising to the highest position in education governance in North Carolina. The veteran English teacher talks of her career journey as well as her personal and professional challenges leading education policy in North Carolina.

Skye and Brian also report on US Senate poll numbers, an upcoming visit to NC by President Donald Trump, and we answer the question, “what do lobbyists do out of session?”

The Do Politics Better podcast is sponsored by New Frame, the NC Travel Industry Association, and the NC Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association.

Superintendent Catherine Truitt, from the Classroom to NC’s Top Education Leader