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July 18, 2025

Superintendent Catherine Truitt

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NC Department of Public Instruction reports K-3 literacy gains 

April 27, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The N.C. Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) has reported mid-year testing shows gains in literacy for students in grades K-3.  According to an NCDPI press release, the percentage of K-3 students performing at […]

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North Carolina’s Teacher of the Year named at awards ceremony 

April 20, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Chapel-Hill Carrboro City Schools English teacher Kimberly Jones was named the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year at a luncheon held at The Umstead Hotel in Cary on April […]

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Center for Safer Schools celebrates 10th anniversary 

March 22, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At an event held in Raleigh on March 17, the Center for Safer Schools celebrated its 10th anniversary. The event also kicked off a 10-month-long series of anniversary events which will be detailed […]

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Crime in K-12 schools rose almost 17% during the 2021-22 school year

March 15, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The annual report documenting crime, discipline and dropout rates for North Carolina K-12 schools shows 11,170 crimes or acts of violence in the total number of crimes during the 2021-22 school year — […]

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NCDOJ files motion to dismiss lawsuit against Governor’s School 

March 8, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed late last year against the North Carolina Governor’s School.   The Governor’s School is a summer residential program lasting […]

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House brings back bill barring Critical Race Theory in K-12

March 2, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A bill filed in the North Carolina House revives a previously vetoed bill that would bar the core tenets of the controversial Critical Race Theory from K-12 classrooms.  Critical Race Theory (CRT) is […]

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Truitt discusses bill increasing penalties for teacher misconduct and licensure impact

March 1, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In an interview with North State Journal, North Carolina State Superintendent Catherine Truitt discussed a bill filed to increase penalties for teacher sexual misconduct with students, the reporting requirements in the measure, as […]

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Report: Post-pandemic teacher turnover rate remains mostly unchanged 

February 22, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The latest State of the Teaching Profession report presented to the State Board of Education shows the teacher attrition rate in the state mostly remained steady during the 2021-22 school year.   The report […]

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State superintendent presents education legislative agenda to lawmakers

February 16, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — At a Feb. 7 meeting of the House K-12 Education Committee, N.C. State Superintendent Catherine Truitt presented her agency’s legislative agenda items and an update on Operation Polaris to lawmakers.  A priority Truitt […]

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New DPI report ties teacher effectiveness to mitigation of pandemic learning loss

February 16, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A new white paper report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration (OLR) links teacher and principal effectiveness to mitigation of pandemic learning loss.  OLR’s report says […]

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