State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt told Council of State (COS) members Tuesday, including Gov. Roy Cooper, that she credits the Excellent Public Schools Act with helping North Carolina’s kindergarten through third-grade students outperform the national average on end-of-year literacy assessments for three years in a row.
North Carolina’s economy has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years, earning it the moniker of “The Best State to do Business” two years in a row (2022 & 2023) by CNBC, among other accolades. But, with recent GOP primary election winners, Michelle Morrow for NC Superintendent of Public Instruction and Luke Farley for NC Commissioner of Labor, the North Carolina Chamber fears that the state’s crown may be tarnished if they and others win in the General Election.
New and familiar faces attended the January North Carolina Council of State meeting in Raleigh.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) sent over $165,000 of federal pandemic funds to a fraudulent bank account in 2021. That’s according to an audit from State Auditor Beth Wood’s office.
Children in grades K-3 in North Carolina have surpassed the rest of the nation when it comes to their early literacy skills. That’s according to NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, who shared the news at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
On Wednesday, female athletes will testify in the second day of legislative committee debate. “This bill is not about being anti-trans, this bill is about being pro-woman,” Sen. Vickie Sawyer, R-Iredell, said Tuesday about the bill that would prevent biologically female high school athletes from being forced to compete against biological males in sports designated for females.
State Auditor Beth Wood’s office said DPI didn’t complete all planned monitoring activities for 329 public school units (PSUs) that received $1.77 billion in federal funding from three programs during the audit period.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) recently received approximately $17 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education to help meet the mental health needs of students in the state’s public schools.
According to Catherine Truitt, NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to underscore the limited nature of North Carolina’s accountability for public schools. She spoke about the challenges students continue to face and what is being done to fix the problems at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt has proposed a solution to the principal pay gap in North Carolina — use COVID-19 relief funds to bridge the gap.
North Carolina comes out on top nationwide as the state catching up the fastest with early reading skills post-pandemic, according to N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt. She made the announcement Tuesday at the N.C. Council of State meeting.
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