DPI marked year one of Mo Green's strategic plan with four record results, all of which predate the plan. The dashboard it launched sets a 2030 goal of 60% proficiency.
A new survey from the NC Department of Public Instruction shows a broad decline in violence and drug use among public school students.
A state commission appointed by Gov. Josh Stein and Republican legislative leaders is converging around a major teacher-pay overhaul. The Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education is also weighing a statewide K-3 reading curriculum, mandatory summer literacy camps, and restoring TeachNC.
NC DPI has issued the first statewide guidance on classroom screen time, but it stops short of setting a maximum screen time level for any grade level.
NCs most expensive private schools take no money at all from the state's voucher program, a CJ analysis of disbursement data found.
State Board of Education members used their July 9 meeting to question whether the new state budget's "reinvestment" of $35.7 million in Opportunity Scholarship savings delivers new money to public schools.
North Carolina's roughly $12.5 billion K-12 budget raises school spending by about $553 million, even as public-school enrollment falls by nearly 19,000 students.
NC's Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education turned to teacher licensing at its June 22 meeting, where DPI official Tom Tomberlin said teachers can work an entire career without passing the state's licensing exams. Lawmakers are separately weighing a bill to loosen those requirements.
The NC State Board of Education's accountability task force reached general agreement on its first concrete changes to how public schools earn their A-F grades during its June 18 meeting.
Social media bill is quickly advancing through the General Assembly, Democrats say it may not go far enough.
An NC House committee advanced a resolution on June 2 urging Congress to abolish the US Department of Education and hand authority back to the states.
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