The Public School Forum's Top Education Issues outlines the Forum's priorities on what should be at the forefront of education policy decision-making each legislative biennium, as the Forum works toward eliminating the systemic racism and inequities that exist and are visible throughout the educational system. The Top Education Issues publications provide analysis and recommendations, grounded in research, to help guide discussions and decision-making by state and local policymakers when it comes to the most critical needs facing public school students across North Carolina. The Forum's 2021 Top Education Issues identified a set of evidence-based actions that they hoped to see policymakers tackle during the 2021-23 legislative biennium. Over the past twelve months, the Forum's team has worked towards and tracked progress on specific metrics for each of their policy priorities. This year's report presents an overview of progress made in year one of the biennium and the significant needs that remain in order to build a stronger and more equitable system of public education in North Carolina. [For the 2021 report, see ED613189.]