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.
Green used the event to announce an initiative to share information on the “remarkable range of choices available to families within NC’s public school system.”
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...
Career and Technical Education programs in public schools across North Carolina are getting a boost in the form of $3 million in new funding for 2023, announced Jan. 17 by Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt. The funds will flow through two state government grant programs passed by the N.C. General Assembly in the last...
North Carolina's new pilot programs will help policymakers answer a key question: Is performance pay for teachers about incentivizing or identifying?
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.
RALEIGH — Improved Career and Technical Education programs could help lower North Carolina’s public school dropout rate while helping more students prepare for the workforce. Those are key findings in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
