Opinion
Science of reading bears fruit
From 2022 to 2024, there was a marked decline in the number of students rated below the state’s benchmark for reading fluency, accuracy, and comprehension.
Opinion
Superintendent races draw five candidates
Of the 10 executive offices that make up North Carolina’s Council of State, half will be open seats in the 2024 elections. That is, there’ll be no incumbents. The politicians currently in those offices are leaving, either to retire or to run for something else. Catherine Truitt, the current state superintendent of public instruction, isn’t...
Opinion
Ballot will feature many competitive races
It goes without saying that North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes for president will, as usual, be heavily contested next year by the two major-party nominees, who are presumed to be Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump. I’m not yet ready to accept that presumption, by the way. I think it’s possible, for example, that...
News
Nearly 7-in-10 likely NC voters support school choice options
Support for school choice options remains strong from likely North Carolina voters, according to the results of the latest Civitas poll by the John Locke Foundation. The poll results dropped Jan. 26 during National School Choice Week, a nationwide celebration of diversity in educational options, and details announced during a special event in downtown Raleigh co-hosted...
News
Truitt announces updates to Operation Polaris
North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt has released an update on Operation Polaris, a four-year plan for strengthening student outcomes across the state. Operation Polaris was initially released in September 2021. The “north star” of the plan is that “every student deserves a highly qualified, excellent teacher in every classroom.” In an update...
Video
Carolina Journal’s Donna King questions state superintendent about post-COVID education
Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, asks State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt about getting N.C. students back on track after the COVID-19 pandemic. This exchange took place during the Dec. 9, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Video
Locke’s Terry Stoops analyzes proposal to restructure N.C. teacher pay
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses a proposal to change the way North Carolina pays public school teachers. Stoops offered these comments during the Aug. 11, 2012, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
News
N.C. House to consider making school superintendent the chair of state board of education
A proposed constitutional amendment to make the state superintendent of public instruction the chair of the N.C. State Board of Education will be considered by the N.C. House Thursday June 30, after passing the House Education and House Rules committees on Wednesday. Currently Catherine Truitt, a Republican, is the N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction, elected by voters...
News
Truitt announces members of new Parent Advisory Committee
Catherine Truitt, North Carolina’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, announced the 48 members of a new Parent Advisory Committee on Tuesday, June 14. The names were drawn from 3,000 applicants who responded to Truitt’s announcement earlier this year about the new committee.
News
Senate attack ad shines light on little-known NC textbook authority
The N.C. Textbook Commission was targeted in a Senate primary campaign ad as parents raise concern over identity politics in school curriculum.
Opinion
Fix public schools before demanding more homeschool regulations
I have been homeschooling in North Carolina for 10 years, and many parents have approached me wondering what their homeschool should look like. My answer to their question is that it should reflect your own children’s interests and abilities. I know mine does. However, when a North Carolina state senator suggested we need more regulations...
News
Dems say too many private, homeschool parents on Truitt’s advisory board
Democratic members of the N.C. State Board of Education have their sights set on Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, saying Truitt was putting too many parents from schools of choice on a new advisory committee. Truitt says she’s creating the 48-member parent advisory commission to “elevate the voice of parents in students’ education”...
