The firing of Wake County Schools Superintendent Tony Tata got some air time at the end of the latest edition of NC SPIN that aired over the weekend.

On the show, pundits from the left and right agreed that it was not a politically good decision for the Democratic school board majority to have fired Tata at this time. Panelists also talked about whether the next permanent superintended should be a lifelong educator.

Tom Campbell, the show host, opened the segment by saying that following Wake County schools has been like "watching a yo-yo." Campbell asked John Hood, president of the conservative John Locke Foundation, what he thought of Tata's firing, which he said "was ugly" and "many say it wasn't handled well."

Wake County school board member John Tedesco and the Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP, are going to get more television time to debate diversity in the state's largest school district.

NC SPIN announced today that Barber and Tedesco will appear on a special edition of the show that will be broadcast Aug. 15. In addition to Barber and Tedesco, regular panelists John Hood and Chris Fitzsimon will also be on the show that will be moderated by Tom Campbell.

The school board election results will be discussed on this Sunday's edition of NC Spin.

The first topic on Sunday's television show is "Wake's wake-up election." The discussion from the usual panelists, such as Chris Fitzsimon and John Hood, should make for some different perspectives on the election.

Tom Campbell, the host of NC Spin, ventured into the issue with a column in Sunday's Charlotte Observer in which he wondered if the election results "was the beginning of a voter revolution in our state or simply the repudiation of current school policies and leaders?"

"When public officials aren't responsive, act arrogantly or don't convince citizens of the rightness of their positions, the people withdraw their consent through their votes, and that was exactly what happened Tuesday," Campbell writes.