North Carolina's Effective Schools Project, a Department of Public Instruction program launched in 1989, has proved to be a popular and successful educational tool. Since the program's inception, 90 of 120 school systems have joined.
Eighty-nine Local Education Agencies in North Carolina were awarded $2.5 million from the Department of Public Instruction to implement different approaches to school safety. These approaches are listed.
Jim Elmore, president of Johnston County's North Carolina Association of Educators, discusses the county's L3 program. Life Long Learning (L3) promises to provide money for college tuition and books if high school students meet the stringent criteria put forth by the program.
Two of North Carolina's computerized global classrooms are located in Zebulon and East Wake middle schools. The schools are involved in a partnership with the NC School of Science and Math designed to increase aptitude in the sciences and math.
Minority students will comprise the majority of public school students in the Southeastern U.S. by the turn of the century; but only approximately twenty percent of current teachers are members of minorities.
In order to address pressing problems and issues concerning students, teachers, and schools, the North Carolina Association of Educators has proposed a variety of legislative and policy changes.
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.