Catherine Truitt Coverage

CBC OPINION
Editorial: What to do about NC's education future? Implement Leandro plan
Friday, March 4, 2022 -- A legislative committee has embarked on defining what public education in North Carolina means and what it should produce. That committee's work has been done and its mission should be changed. If anyone needs to know what public education is about, what needs to be done to fulfill its mission and what it should produce, they need look no further than hard work and laudable cooperative efforts of the plaintiffs, defendants and judges over the last quarter-century to achieve agreement in the landmark Leandro court decision.

Want to give more input on NC education? Parent advisory council applications now open
School districts often have their own advisory committees of teachers, principals, parents or other community members. But until now, the state hasn't had one for parents.

NC leaders float more workforce training for high schoolers
NC Superintendent Catherine Truitt also says she wants to revamp the state's school accountability model to include career and college prep.

CBC OPINION
Editorial: Nameless bureaucrats aren't N.C. public schools' problem, it is legislative neglect
Friday, Dec. 24, 2021 -- It does take a lot of money to address the decades of neglect that North Carolina's public schools - its teachers and students - have suffered. The Leandro plaintiffs and defendants came up with a comprehensive plan to deliver a sound basic education for children in North Carolina public schools. It is no broad-brush solution but a highly detailed program that pinpoints specific areas of need throughout the public education process to help make teachers more effective and provide students with resources and support services so they'll be better learners.

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Editorial: Obey the judge. Fund our schools or lose in court
Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 -- Rather than look for ways to build a top-quality public education system for all of North Carolina's children legislative leaders are engaged in a cynical strategy to enrage and divide. One way or another, Judge David Lee's order will bring a stop to that behavior.

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Editorial: Leandro plan will lift all N.C. schools; legislative leaders offer uncertainty
Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 -- Senate Leader Phil Berger, House Speaker Tim Moore and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, have been silent, dismissive and even insulting in their responses to the action plan and the judge's order to assure that all North Carolina children have the opportunity to receive a sound basic education.

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MARY ANN WOLF: School boards and local school leaders are threatened as they work to keep children safe. It must stop
Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 -- In recent months across our state we are seeing behavior before, during, and after school board meetings -- in person and in writing -- that we would not accept from our students, our family members or our neighbors. School board members and superintendents fear for their safety. How is this OK when we consider the service that they provide to our students, our districts, and our communities?

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Editorial: Truitt's schools plan must embrace Leandro remedial order not dodge it
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 -- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt needs to choose. Is she going to stand with the partisan politicians who neglect public schools and those who work for them? OR Is she going to take a strong and courageous stand in support of implementing the 7-year remedial plan that the court has adopted? That is that plan that should be the map, the guiding light, of any program "navigating students toward a brighter future."

NC superintendent calls for more broadband Internet, changes to teacher compensation
The plan in part reflects inequities and challenges amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic; it harnesses the resources of a the new Office of Learning Recovery and Acceleration, created this year to address learning disruptions caused by the pandemic.

NC school superintendent supports making mask decisions locally
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt praises the decision to end the statewide mask mandate in schools.

Teachers eager to help with summer school, NC superintendent says
Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt says summer school will be critical to helping students get back on track after a year when most of the learning was done at home during the pandemic.

CBC OPINION
Editorial: Transition to electric school buses to ease panic at N.C. pumps
Thursday, May 20, 2021 -- Rather than waiting for the next crisis or panic, Gov. Roy Cooper, Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt and state legislative leaders should be working with electric utilities, local school systems and others to transition state school bus fleets completely to electrified vehicles. Do this now, so that if, and when there is the next gasoline panic or pipeline disruption it won't stop kids from getting to school for their lessons, not to mention also saving taxpayers' money.

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Editorial: Truitt should lead push to adopt Leandro quality education action plan
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 -- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt needs to make it her mission to demand Gov. Roy Cooper champion with her, and push the General Assembly to adopt and fully fund the nonpartisan, consensus comprehensive remedial action plan that will fulfill our State Constitution's mandate to provide a quality education to every child.

CBC OPINION
Editorial: Politics, more than public schools and students, are Truitt's priority
Monday, May 17, 2021 -- Public school students, their parents and educators will have to look elsewhere to find someone who will listen and be their advocate.

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Editorial: Truitt -- standing with school kids or politicians?
Friday, April 2, 2021 -- In her first opportunity since becoming state Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt missed the mark. She chose to take a partisan side-seat with the leadership of the General Assembly instead of standing up for the children of North Carolina and the State Constitution.

Senate leader, NC superintendent back phonics in schools to boost literacy
Elementary school teachers will be retrained to teach phonics in early grades to help improve literacy among North Carolina youngsters, under a bill filed Monday that is backed by top lawmakers and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt.

NC Senate leader, school superintendent emphasize literacy effort
North Carolina Senate leaders discuss their latest legislation to improve student performance in public schools.

CBC OPINION
MARY ANN WOLF: Ensuring all N.C. students read on grade level by 3rd grade
Monday, March 22, 2021 -- The state has focused on early literacy explicitly for many years, but the efforts have not led to the results we want as a state overall with only about 57% of our children reading proficiently in the third grade in 2018-2019. Many are looking to address this gap.