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.
Friday, December 2, 2022
Highlights
WRAL•NEWS Gary D. Robertson - AP | Nov. 28, 2022: NC Sen. Newton new majority leader; Berger gets nod again - Incoming and returning Republicans to the North Carolina Senate chose on Monday a key lawmaker on tax, voting and energy issues to become the chamber's majority leader for the next two years. In a separate meeting Monday, Senate Democrats reelected Sen. Dan Blue of Wake County to another term as minority leader. The GOP caucus on Monday also agreed to nominate Phil Berger of Rockingham County to a seventh term as president pro tem when the entire chamber votes for the post when the two-year term convenes Jan. 11.
WRAL•NEWS Emily Walkenhorst | Dec. 2, 2022: NC education board votes for teacher evaluation plan that could raise pay - Next up: The North Carolina General Assembly must decide whether and how wide to pilot the changes. The North Carolina State Board of Education will seek permission and funding for a pilot program that would drastically raise teacher pay while subjecting them to more consequential evaluations. The board voted Thursday without opposition or discussion to move forward with a pilot program, after discussing the merits of doing so during their meeting Wednesday. State leaders are proposing the changes in an effort to improve teacher recruitment and retention.
Mrs. Kristie Van Auken, Special Advisor, Workforce Engagement, Office of the State Superintendent **
Mr. John Keefer, Public School Budget Manager, School Business Administration **
The North Carolina Portrait of a Graduate launched in October 2022, the culmination of a nine-month design process that included multiple sectors and 1,200 design team members. Seven competencies were identified to ensure that students are prepared for success beyond high school. These competencies (also referenced as durable skills), when combined with academic rigor, will create a deeper, more engaged learning experience for North Carolina students. Additionally, these durable skills could be a “non-academic” indicator of school quality.
To ensure that students and PSUs can fully benefit from the Portrait, NCDPI is proposing two additional phases to (1) create rubrics and (2) performance assessments around all seven competencies, using a similar stakeholder engagement model. The total cost for phase two and three is $256,560. Both phases will be funded using federal ESSER II/III dollars.
Phase II -Create competency rubrics for elementary, middle, and high schools. (January- October 2023)
Total cost: $160,860
Phase III - Performance Assessment Development (August 2023-June 2024)
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Education Articles and Briefs
FLYPAPERAmber Northern, Ph.D. | Dec. 1, 2022: How rethinking industry-recognized credentials could boost student success - Student focus groups provided some surprising answers. It seems that high schoolers value career and technical education in ways that policymakers aren’t recognizing. Some said they took CTE courses solely to explore new interests, not necessarily to attain a credential—but also because they found their other classes dull. This tracks research that shows high schoolers are bored out of their minds—but consider CTE classes more interesting than other courses. One Michigan survey reports that students find CTE particularly attractive, since they get to “spend half of the day away from high school.” An analysis of a popular federal dataset reveals that taking CTE courses in the sciences is linked to increased engagement at school, particularly for low-income students.
