An Examination of NAEP Student Proficiency, by Free & Reduced Price Meal Eligibility (2009 to 2022)
Advanced Math Course Access in North Carolina Note: The following blog contains excerpts from an essay published in The...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: State Position Allotments and Hidden Teacher Pay Inequities A comprehensive, professional compensation plan...
BEST NC Launches Updated per Pupil Expenditure Data Explorer The latest update now includes data through the 2021-22 academic...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Spotlight on Teacher Retirement Benefits A comprehensive, professional compensation plan includes layered pay...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Teacher Benefits Overview & Spotlight on Healthcare Benefits A comprehensive, professional compensation plan...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Differentiated Pay Landscape and Best Practices A comprehensive, professional compensation plan includes layered...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Differentiated Pay for Hard-to-Staff Subjects A comprehensive, professional compensation plan includes layered pay...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Differentiated Pay for Hard-to-Staff Schools A comprehensive, professional compensation plan includes layered pay...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Beginning Teacher Pay and Regional Competitiveness A comprehensive, professional compensation plan includes layered...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Strategic Staffing and Advanced Teaching Roles A comprehensive, professional compensation plan includes layered...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Front-Loading Base Pay, a Key Strategy for Teacher Compensation A comprehensive, professional compensation...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Front-Loading Base Pay, a Common Practice for High-Skilled Professionals A comprehensive, professional compensation...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Front-Loading Base Pay to Provide a Living Wage A comprehensive, professional compensation plan...
Best Practices in Teacher Pay: Front-Loading Base Pay for Professional Growth A comprehensive, professional compensation plan includes layered...
BEST NC Releases Comprehensive Teacher Pay Report In 2023, BEST NC released a new report on teacher pay entitled...
2023 Spotlight On Series: Return on Investment – Student Achievement and Education Expenditures
2022 Spotlight On Series: Federal COVID Relief Funding for North Carolina Schools Since March 2020, the United States government...
BEST NC Launches Updated Per Pupil Expenditure Data Explorer Tool (2018-19 to 2020-21) BEST NC is pleased...
2022 Spotlight On Series: Student Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC In March...
2022 Spotlight On Series: Enrollment and Attendance During the COVID-19 Pandemic ENROLLMENT The percentage of North Carolina’s school-aged children...
2022 Spotlight On Series: Students with Disabilities in North Carolina The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantees students...
BEST NC Launches North Carolina School-Level Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE) Data Summaries and Interactive Tool BEST NC is pleased...
Spotlight On: Rural Students in North Carolina (Updated for 2021) North Carolina has the second largest rural student population...
Spotlight On: National Board-Certified Teachers (Updated for 2021) The National Board Certification process, offered by the National Board for...
Spotlight On: Career and College Promise (Updated for 2021) In 2019-20, 70,801 public high school students participated in the...
Spotlight On: per Pupil Expenditures (PPE) (Updated for 2021) More than $13 billion dollars was spent on K-12 traditional...
Spotlight On: myFutureNC (Updated for 2021) Throughout the 2020 edition of Facts & Figures, the myFutureNC icon indicates key...
Announcing TeachNC: The One-Stop Resource for Becoming a Teacher in North Carolina We are thrilled to share that,...
A core principle guiding BEST NC’s work is the idea that well-informed conversations can lead to real, meaningful change in the...
Spotlight On: North Carolina’s Allotment Approach and How Teacher Sorting Affects Funding Fairness In North Carolina, the state allots teaching...
Spotlight On: Advanced Teaching Roles Initiative In 2016, North Carolina created the Advanced Teaching Roles Initiative. This...
Spotlight On: Teacher Pay Trends The statewide teacher salary schedule is established in the state budget. The following charts...
Spotlight On: School Support Staff and the Whole Child In 2016, the State Board of Education (SBE) adopted the...
First in Freedom. First in Flight. Why shouldn’t North Carolina be First in Teaching, too? In 2018,...
We are grateful to the State of North Carolina for investing in two distinct, innovative principal preparation programs over...
BEST NC welcomes three new members to the team! Princess Brown, Constance Clark, and Leah Sutton each bring...
Growth and Achievement: you have probably heard these terms in conversations about education. But what are they? How do...
Note: This blog post features a brief from page 26 of our 2018 Facts & Figures publication, contextualizing North Carolina...
Note: This blog post features a brief from page 42 of our 2018 Facts & Figures publication, contextualizing North...
Note: This blog post features a brief from page 22 of our 2018 Facts & Figures publication, contextualizing North Carolina...
Note: This blog post features a brief from page 30 of our 2018 Facts & Figures publication, contextualizing North...
The new North Carolina Teaching Fellows program is due to officially launch this month – and it’s a big...
Cary, NC - This year, North Carolina made the largest investment in state history in principal salaries through an...
Cary, NC- BEST NC is proud to announce that Chuck Purvis, CEO of Coastal Credit Union, has been unanimously...
Amid a flurry of budget negotiations, a gubernatorial veto and the subsequent legislative veto override this summer, it’s been...
May 2017, By Brenda Berg, CEO, BEST NC. For several years, a primary focus of BEST NC’s student-focused advocacy...
As a business leader, I know the value of great leadership on my executive teams, and in our public...
Over the past few years, North Carolina teachers have seen significant pay increases. Signals from Gov. Roy Cooper and...
Over the past few years, North Carolina teachers have seen significant pay increases. Signals from Gov. Roy Coo per...
Over the past few years, North Carolina teachers have seen significant pay increases. Signals from Gov. Roy Cooper and...
In my experience, this sentence is usually closely followed by, “but it’s too good to be true.” Whether it’s...
My father was Darth Vader. No, that doesn’t make me a Jedi Knight. My father was also Boss Hogg...
Are you frustrated about how polarized our country has become? I certainly hear it on the news and in...
DVISORY: Rhee, Parker, BEST NC to hold media availability Tuesday. Cary, NC – BEST NC will host a media...
BEST NC releases the 2017 Facts & Figures: Education in North Carolina guide, a composite of current education data...
If North Carolina were to secede from the union and become an independent country — no, conspiracy theorists, I’m...
Results were released this week from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an academic assessment measuring 15-year-old students’...
Reimagining the Pipeline: Preparing PK-12 Teachers for Excellence. Thought leaders from around the state and nation gather to imagine...
Education transformation in North Carolina depends on our ability to attract and retain the best and brightest teachers and...
As a business leader, I know the value of great leadership on my executive teams, and in our public...
It’s time for North Carolina to treat principals with the respect and compensation they deserve. As the legislative session...
NEWS: CJ EXCLUSIVES Legislators Get Mixed Bag of Teacher PayProposals Atkinson’s call for 10-percent hike draws cool reception...