Back to School Special

Kim joins Do You Even Live Here? to discuss rural schooling, Leandro, charter schools, and education policy.

Rallying around purpose

Kim reflects on educators’ purpose, critical thinking, and the future students are preparing to shape.

Keeping experienced teachers in the classroom

Kim discusses teacher pay and the importance of retaining experienced educators.

Teacher workload and protected planning time

Kim contributes her classroom perspective to coverage of North Carolina’s teacher working conditions survey.

Education funding and teacher retention

An interview about retaining educators and the funding needs of North Carolina’s public schools.

Access to opportunity for rural students

Drawing on her rural upbringing and work with educators, Kim makes the case for investment in rural public schools.

Back to School Special

Kim joins Do You Even Live Here? to discuss rural schooling, Leandro, charter schools, and education policy.

Education funding and teacher retention

An interview about retaining educators and the funding needs of North Carolina’s public schools.

Challenges and opportunities for a new school year

Kim joins fellow education leaders for a conversation about supporting and championing public schools.

How education transforms lives

A conversation about teaching, inspiration, Kim’s personal journey, and supporting others.

Kimberly Jones, NBCT

A conversation with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Meet North Carolina’s 2023 Teacher of the Year

A profile of Kim’s classroom work and recognition as Teacher of the Year.

A conversation with Mariah Morris

A January 30 conversation with Kim and fellow North Carolina Teacher of the Year Mariah Morris.

The original recording is currently unavailable at its former link.

Chapel Hill High’s Kimberly Jones is 2023 NC Teacher of the Year

News coverage celebrating Kim’s statewide teaching honor.

North Carolina’s Teacher of the Year

Another news feature from Kim’s Teacher of the Year announcement.

Rallying around purpose

Kim reflects on educators’ purpose, critical thinking, and the future students are preparing to shape.

Keeping experienced teachers in the classroom

Kim discusses teacher pay and the importance of retaining experienced educators.

Teacher workload and protected planning time

Kim contributes her classroom perspective to coverage of North Carolina’s teacher working conditions survey.

Access to opportunity for rural students

Drawing on her rural upbringing and work with educators, Kim makes the case for investment in rural public schools.

Public education is a sacred obligation

A column adapted from Kim’s remarks on the responsibility communities share for their public schools.

Teacher benefits and the State Health Plan

Kim explains how healthcare costs and compensation affect educators and their families.

Past, Present, Future

ABC11’s Black History Month celebration featured Kim among community leaders.

The original feature is no longer available at its former link.

Public schools are a public trust

Remarks delivered at her final State Board of Education meeting as an advisor on June 5, 2025.

Graduate School hooding speaker

Wake Forest’s profile introducing Kim as the 2024 Graduate School hooding speaker.

60th anniversary keynote

Watch Kim’s keynote address celebrating North Carolina Governor’s School.

Who Belongs?

Listed facilitator for the Philadelphia seminar on Jewish identity, the Holocaust, and the American promise.