State Board of Education Vision:Every public school student in North Carolina will be empowered to accept academic challenges, prepared to pursue their chosen path after graduating high school, and encouraged to become lifelong learners with the capacity to engage in a globally-collaborative society.
State Board of Education Mission:The mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is to use its constitutional authority to guard and maintain the right of a sound, basic education for every child in North Carolina Public Schools.
The digital children’s reading initiative launched to assist parents and educators in supporting young readers.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) Office of Early Learning has developed and released a new virtual resource, Literacy at Home, to help support North Carolina’s youngest readers. Literacy at Home provides activities specific to each grade level from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. This online resource provides background knowledge on evidence-based literacy practices, as well as instructional activities for families and caregivers.
The Literacy at Home resource also aligns with Superintendent Truitt’s literacy priority outlined in Operation Polaris. A substantial amount of work has been done in the state among partners and with education stakeholders to improve literacy proficiency among students and to equip all Pre-K through Grade 5 teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators with early literacy instructional methods.
BEST NC - Facts & Figures: Education in North Carolina
BEST NC invites you to provide feedback for the upcoming edition of Facts & Figures: Education in North Carolina. Each year, Facts & Figures presents over 150 charts and infographics about education in North Carolina, covering a student’s trajectory from cradle-to-career.
View the 2021Facts & Figures edition at NCEdFacts.org.
You can help them make Facts & Figures more useful in your work by providing feedback on the following:
Missing Data: What key data are missing from the 2021 edition?
New Data: Are there new data that have become available that should be included in 2022?
Expired Data: Is there any outdated data that should be excluded from or updated in the 2022 edition?
Topics: Which specific topics should receive more or less coverage in 2022?
Special Considerations: What trends related to COVID-19's impact on education in North Carolina might BEST NC examine in the 2022 edition?
Presentation and Clarity: Do you have suggestions for how BEST NC can present data more clearly or succinctly?
Structure: How can BEST NC modify the format of the 2022 edition for greater coherence?
Collaboration, open dialogue, and feedback from BEST NC stakeholders have allowed Facts & Figures to become one of the most robust collections of education data in the state of North Carolina.
Please submit your feedback via the survey foundHEREby Friday, December 10, 2021.
BEST NC is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition of business leaders committed to improving North Carolina’s education system through policy and advocacy.
A.I.M. Conference 2021
DPI is hosting the inaugural A.I.M. Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center Nov. 29-Dec. 1. The Conference theme is "Accelerate, Invigorate, and Motivate."
CREED centers students of color, inspires institutional change, & facilitates better educational practice, so we can transform the education system in North Carolina. Our Mission
Incredible statewide gathering today at “Listening to the NC10.”
Loved sitting with and talking with Verdant, the Student Body President of @ncatsuaggies at the “Listening to the NC10” and hearing his perspective on many relevant issues pertaining to supporting NC’s HBCUs. The future is SO bright… #EducatorDiplomats@EducationNC
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Thank you, Dr. Robert Taylor, Julie Pittman, Freebird McKinney and Dr. Lynn Harvey for visiting Wrightsville Beach Elementary and your support of school meals.
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