Republican members of the NC House Education K-12 committee challenged the Department of Public Instruction's framing of student achievement data on May 12, telling officials its metrics may overstate how prepared North Carolina students are for college and careers.
The success sequence is regularly taught in many NC charter and private schools, but not in public schools, a gap that needs to be closed. Students from generational poverty often aren’t shown the path out.
A record 54% of North Carolina's public high school graduates completed at least one college-level course or exam while still in high school last year, the highest percentage in state history, according to new data from state education officials.
North Carolina students earned a record-breaking 382,964 Career and Technical Education (CTE) certifications during the 2024-2025 school year.
HB 991 would allocate $10,000 to the Department of Public Instruction to conduct an in-depth study on the current licensure requirements for CTE teachers. DPI would then make recommendations on an alternative or modified path to licensure based on the study.
North Carolina high school students set a recent record for Career and Technical Education credentialing during the 2022-2023 school year, according to fresh data from the state Department of Public Instruction. CTE students scored a 41% credential attainment rate last school year, a jump from 28% in 2021-2022 and the highest rate in the last...
BURLINGTON — Career and technical high schools are few in number and tend to produce mixed results on end-of-year tests, based on a review of academic performance scores maintained by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
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