RALEIGH — The State Board of Education discussed its legislative agenda and priorities at its first meeting of 2025.
The State Board of Education’s (NCBOE) 2025 priorities are similar to the priorities list previously put forth by the body and include calendar flexibility, teacher retention strategies, principal support, raising teacher and principal pay, and revamping the school performance grading system.
The NCBOE discussed reinstating additional pay for teachers who earn master’s degrees. The idea of “advanced” roles within teaching with a clear career advancement path, proposed in the past by former State Superintendent Catherine Truitt, was included…