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...
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...
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...
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.”
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.”
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...
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.
The N.C. Textbook Commission was targeted in a Senate primary campaign ad as parents raise concern over identity politics in school curriculum.
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...
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”...
Catherine Truitt is concerned the state isn’t doing enough to prepare students to work if they choose not to go to college after high school. As the state’s superintendent of public instruction, Truitt raised her concerns at the Council of State meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1, saying the DPI is tackling the problem in a...
