More children are coming to school healthy and ready to learn. Teachers are being paid more, and there are more good teachers than ever before. Schools are safe and more accountable.
Test scores are way up.
All of this progress makes us proud of what North Carolina has accomplished. But it also makes us believe the state can do even better. We all believe that, if North Carolina can lead the nation in education progress, we can lead the nation in education, period. For every goal, we also set more specific priorities and measurable performance targets. We charged our Education Research Council to design and issue each year a report on progress toward the goals.