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For the past twenty years, electric cooperatives in North Carolina have awarded nearly nine-million dollars in grants to teachers, benefiting over one-million students. Bright Ideas grants provide funding to North Carolina teachers for innovative classroom projects. Some of the projects have included building rollercoasters, growing gardens, producing plays, and developing modern technology.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Jan 2014, p9, por
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25090
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Educating students on the environment is important. NC State University conducted a study to determine if sending students outside to learn in the field would provide a better understanding of how the environment changes.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 4, Autumn 2013, p24-27, por Periodical Website
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30734
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North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives coordinates several statewide programs designed to reach young people. The Bright Ideas program, offered by Touchstone Energy Cooperatives, provides funding for teachers interested in developing innovative classroom activities and curricula to teach middle school students about electricity and renewable energy.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 43 Issue 12, Dec 2011, p20, por
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25464
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The Project Supporting Transition and Education through Planning and Partnerships (STEPP) offers support for students who have extraordinary capabilities and potential but have learning differences that might prevent their achievement. In a unique model to North Carolina, ECU’s Project STEPP has tutors and mentors that work with public and private high schools to identify and aid students to excel in the university setting upon entering East Carolina.
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Created in 1994 by North Carolina's Touchstone Energy cooperatives, the Bright Ideas program helps teachers who were funding classroom-based projects out of their own pockets. Lashley discusses how two education grants from Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative sparked an interest in reading at Cape Hatteras Elementary School in Dare County. The successful program received an International Reading Association (IRA) Award for Exemplary Reading Programs.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 39 Issue 5, May 2007, p12, il
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7712
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Created in 1994 by North Carolina's Touchstone Energy cooperatives, the Bright Ideas program helps teachers who were funding classroom-based projects out of their own pockets. Since then, Touchstone Energy cooperatives have funded over $4.5 million in grants that have reached 800,000 of the state's school children. Grants in 2005 reached a record of $540,000.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Jan 2006, p8, il
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34570
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences serves a vast array of citizens in their outreach and education programs. Senior centers, Scout organizations, and school groups are among the groups that benefit from these programs. The museum has also become fluid in adjusting the programs to help incorporate better teaching styles for deaf, blind, bilingual, and distance learning patrons.
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North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Fall/Win 2001, p16-19, il, por
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4493
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The Governor's Entrepreneurial School Award recognizes schools that advance teaching and learning through innovative approaches. South Brunswick Middle School in Brunswick County is the award winner for 1999. Other schools cited for innovations include Jamestown Middle School in Guilford County and McDowell High School Accelerated Learning Center, McDowell County.
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NCAE News Bulletin (NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, Feb 2000, p15-16, il Periodical Website
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3960
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The Governor's Entrepreneurial School Award recognizes schools that advance teaching and learning through innovative approaches. Douglas Byrd High School in Cumberland County is the award winner for 1998. Other schools cited for innovations include J. Glenn Edwards in Lee County.
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2086
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Billy Overton Wireman, President of Queens College in Charlotte, is developing a liberal arts school that is known for its innovative programs, such as those for older or \"non-traditional\"\" students, and for its emphasis on international education.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 53 Issue 1, Jan 1995, p8-11, il
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1847
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A $2.59 million federal grant awarded to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro will enable middle and high school level math and science teachers to learn how to incorporate modern technological tools into their classroom instruction.
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1976
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Hillsborough's Grady Brown Elementary School and other schools in Orange County haven't convinced some parents of the effectiveness of such innovative pedagogical techniques as outcome-based education.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 41, Oct 1994, p12-14, il Periodical Website
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Fourteen outstanding, innovative programs in the state's public schools, like Burlington City Schools' Impact Program, have been named Governor's Program of Excellence recipients for 1994 by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.
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5531
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Statistics from a Department of Public Instruction survey of North Carolina Local Education Agencies indicate that the state is a leader in innovative educational methods.
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989
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The North Carolina Association of Educators is staging an aggressive lobbying campaign to improve technology in North Carolina schools.
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NCAE News Bulletin (NoCar Oversize L 11 N822x), Vol. 23 Issue 4, Mar 1993, p1-2, por Periodical Website