Wilkesboro Elementary School’s Beckie Spears was named the 2024 North Carolina Principal of the Year. (Photo courtesy Wilkes County Schools) RALEIGH —Beckie Spears of Wilkes County was selected among nine regional finalists as the 2024 […]
Students board a bus after classes at an elementary school. (Charlie Riedel / AP Photo) RALEIGH — The North Carolina House Select Committee on Education Reform has recommended a major overhaul of the state’s school grading system, which […]
Heather Smith of Haywood County Public Schools was named the 2024 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year on Friday. (Photo courtesy NCDPI) RALEIGH —Heather Smith, a math teacher from Haywood County Schools, […]
North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt, pictured in 2021, was honored by the North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools earlier this month. (Ethan Hyman / The News & Observer via AP) RALEIGH — The second […]
RALEIGH — North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt rolled out updates and some revisions last week to her signature Operation Polaris plan. “Operation Polaris continues to serve as a long-term, proactive and forward-thinking vision for […]
State Superintendent Catherine Truitt speaks from the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. Photo via N.C. Dept. of Public Safety RALEIGH — N.C. State Superintendent Catherine Truitt is urging the General Assembly to attempt an override […]
North Carolina State Legislative Building RALEIGH — On May 11, the House Education Committee approved a bill seeking to address increasing concerns about controversial Critical Race Theory in North Carolina’s K-12 classrooms. House Bill 324 […]
State Superintendent Catherine Truitt briefs media from the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh. Photo via N.C. Dept. of Public Safety RALEIGH — A report that says nearly 23% of public school students and just over […]
RALEIGH – All North Carolina public schools will close beginning Monday, March 16th for a minimum of two weeks. The Department of Public Instruction is recommending using Monday as an optional teacher workday to allow […]
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