A newly released strategic plan from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) may sound ambitious, but it doesn’t specifically focus on academics, according to educational critics.
“If we are to glean the guts of the plan from the eight pillars, I’m not encouraged,” Dr. Robert Luebke told the Carolina Journal. “Where is the emphasis on academic excellence? The topic is not even specifically mentioned in any of the eight pillars.”
Luebke, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, took issue with the plan’s lack of details on consequences if targets are missed.
“Where is the accountability for past plans, and past failures?” he asked. “Has the State Board of Education or NCDPI paid a price for missing goals? A plan for correcting those oversights might be a good place to start.”
