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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) oversees the public school system in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The DPI is headed by the State Superintendent and the North Carolina State Board of Education .
The North Carolina superintendent of public instruction is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As the head of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the superintendent oversees the public school systems of the state.
This is a list of school districts in North Carolina, including public charter schools. In North Carolina, most public school districts are organized at the county level, with a few organized at the municipal level. North Carolina does not have independent school district governments. Its school districts are dependent on counties and cities.
Catherine Truitt (born 1970) [1] is an American educator and politician who has served as the 21st North Carolina superintendent of public instruction since January 2, 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Truitt previously served as senior advisor on education to North Carolina governor Pat McCrory from 2015 to 2017.
Johnson has opposed the idea of arming North Carolina teachers with guns, an idea promoted by Donald Trump and others. However, Johnson does favor more funding for school resource officers. [13] Johnson was state superintendent during the COVID-19 pandemic in North Carolina, when schools were closed to control the spread of the virus. [14] [15]
According to the NC DPI Consolidated Data Report, the number of reportable crimes by high school students increased by 4%, from 5,774 in 2015–16 to 5,543 in 2016–17. The rate of crimes reported decreased to 12.75 acts per 1000 students in 2015-16 compared to 12.12 acts per 1000 students in 2016-17 [ 10 ]
She was also an ex officio member of the North Carolina Council of State. Atkinson was narrowly defeated in her bid for a fourth term by political newcomer Mark Johnson, losing the 2016 general election in North Carolina by about 1.2 percent, [2] and left office on January 1, 2017. Atkinson was the longest-serving state superintendent in the ...
The North Carolina Learning Object Repository (NCLOR) is a service offered by the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS), that provides a central location to manage, collect, contribute, and share digital learning resources for use in traditional or distance learning environments. [1]