principal preparation
![2025 US News Rankings](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/04/US-News-ranking-_-April-2024.jpg)
NC State’s College of Education Ranked #30 in U.S. News’ 2024 Best Graduate Schools
![From left to right: Tim Chartrand '16MSA, Belinda Proctor '16MSA, and Deric Nunoz '23MSA](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/11/Untitled-design-71.png)
Wolfpack Alumni Lead North Johnston High School’s Administrative Team
![A headshot of Lauren Lampron.](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/10/Untitled-design-38.png)
Lauren Lampron ’14MSA, ’19EDD Named Director of North Carolina Principal Fellows Program
![Mary Taylor](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/03/Untitled-design-1-1.png)
Mary Taylor ’06MSA Honored as 2022-2023 Wake County Public School System Assistant Principal of the Year
![NC State College of Education doctoral student Mario Jackson in Liverpool, UK](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-26-at-12.14.08-PM.png)
Doctoral Student Mario Jackson Selected for David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy
![Bonnie Fusarelli with NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/02/Fusarelli-Woodson-1-copy.jpg)
Professor Bonnie Fusarelli Receives UNC System’s 2022 Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award
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‘ I Knew They Did Things Differently:’ NC State Educational Leadership Academy Helps Educators Become Strong School Administrators
![Patrick Holmes '12MSA standing with Person County Schools leadership.](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/10/Untitled-design-73.png)
Patrick Holmes ’12MSA Named 2022-2023 Person County Schools Principal of the Year
![Jessica Richardson](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/04/4.png)
Jessica Richardson ’15, ’22MSA: ‘I Chose Education Because I Believe That Each Student Deserves an Exceptional Education from Champion Teachers Who Advocate for Them’
![A principal with students at a public school in North Carolina.](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/05/principalpreparationpage.jpg)