OpenLine

Reno 2020 Progress Report: Teaching for Jobs
A LIVE OpenLine Townhall Broadcast 
Thursday, May 3 at 8:00pm on KNPB Channel 5

KNPB, along with news partners Reno Public Radio: KUNR and the Reno Gazette-Journal, hold a live town hall meeting to discuss the current state of education in Washoe County, following up on the Reno Gazette-Journal's "Reno 2020" report card.

The Gazette-Journal’s Reno 2020 forum identified a key action step Nevada must take: Link education curriculum to the needs of the new-economy workforce. The KNPB documentary Looking Up From the Bottom also focused on training for today’s jobs. The RGJ revisited the issue earlier this year with a report card giving our region only a “C” grade in job training progress.

On Thursday, May 3 at 8:00pm, KNPB hosts a special OpenLine — Reno 2020: Teaching for Jobs.

In the town hall broadcast, KNPB will look at progress made by agencies such as TMCC and Dream It Do It as well as Washoe County public schools and the University of Nevada, Reno. We’ll identify needs that remain to be filled and attempt to achieve consensus on the next steps to be taken.

Panelists include: 

  • University of Nevada, Reno President Marc Johnson
  • Truckee Meadows Community College President Maria Sheehan
  • Washoe County Schools Superintendent Heath Morrison
  • Nevadaworks Dream It Do It liaison Jonathan Begley
  • Reno Gazette-Journal Executive Editor Beryl Love 
  • KNPB News Director Brent Boynton will serve as moderator


Viewers can participate from home by calling in during the live broadcast, emailing, texting or tweeting.

A live audience will be comprised of citizens from diverse viewpoints including economic developers, educators, industry leaders—AND YOU. Anyone with an interest in learning and/or commenting about the topic is encouraged to reserve a seat by calling Michelle Joyce at 775.682.7781 or emailing her at MichelleJ@knpb.org.  Due to limited seating, reservations are required, but tickets are free of charge. The live broadcast starts at 8:00pm. Audience members are requested to arrive at the KNPB studio by 7:30pm. The studio is located at 1670 North Virginia Street in Reno. 

Watch KNPB’s Looking Up From the Bottom now online.

Archived episodes of OpenLine are now available online and on-demand at watch.knpb.org.