Parents of North Carolina schoolchildren — public or nonpublic schoolchildren — can now apply for a seat on a new parent advisory board to State Superintendent Catherine Truitt. The group will report directly to Truitt. Click here to read more.

At a Feb. 3 meeting of the State Board of Education, State Superintendent Catherine Truitt told board members that North Carolina has a “diploma integrity problem.” During the meeting she gave a report outlining a plan to better align K-12 education with workforce requirements. We asked Truitt to share her thoughts about that here.