The Department of Public Instruction's 37-page, five-year strategic plan, titled "Achieving Educational Excellence," identifies three main components: high academic achievement, character development and making North Carolina public schools the best in the United States of America.
When you run a very small district, with just 700 students, resources can be an issue. On the other hand, the size—or lack of it—makes for very strong relationships.
Schools are using AI surveillance tools to monitor student communications for safety threats, but critics say the technology can misread context and lead to false alarms, arrests, and trauma. While officials credit it with preventing harm, others argue it often criminalizes kids and lacks transparency.
School resource officers, or SROs, were once common throughout the country. But many areas, primarily liberal leaning ones, began to question whether they were necessary. After lots of discussion around the region, some schools decided to move ahead and try something different.
Upskilling for the green economy isn't about preparing a select few for specialized roles—it's about embedding skills across all sectors and meeting learners where they are.
Districts and municipalities that have deployed automated stop-arm cameras and school zone speed safety cameras say they are experiencing tangible results.
