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6766
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Between North Carolina's white population and a growing minority population, disparities persist in many areas. These include education, economic well-being, housing, voter participation, Internet access, health status, and criminal justice. Scharer examines each of these areas; asks what can and should the government of North Carolina do about disparities; and then makes recommendations to close the racial/ethnic gap.
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North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 21 Issue 1-2, June 2004, p16-33, 35-48,51-74, il, f Periodical Website
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6767
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McLaughlin gives a summary of health outcomes between minorities and the white majority. He records disparities between the races, both children and adults. Areas he looked at include death rates from heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; child fatalities; teenage pregnancy; and sexually transmitted diseases.
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In North Carolina, minority students, with the exception of Asian, do not perform as well as their white peers. Experts list many causes, including lack of parental support, a predominately white teaching staff, inadequate school funding, and fear of \"acting white.\" On the 2002-2003 end-of-grade tests in reading and math, 88.8 percent of white students achieved a score at or above grade level, compared with 66.9 of African-American students, 70.2 of Hispanic/Latino students, and 72.3 Native Americans. The article discusses causes for this gap and includes the 10-point plan of the N.C. State Superintendent of Public Instruction to close the achievement gap.
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6834
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North Carolina has a teacher shortage. Contributing to this are retirements, resignations, a rapidly increasing school-age population, provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act that require all classroom teachers to be fully certified by the end of the 2005-06 school year, and a university system that does not graduate enough teachers to meet the state's needs. The state must hire 10,000 teachers a year; teacher college graduates in 2003 numbered 3,100, of which 2,200 were employed in North Carolina. Damico discusses the state's need to attract teachers, and then retain them; techniques used to fill teacher slots, like lateral entry and out-of-state recruitment; and ways to strengthen teacher recruitment and retention, like the N.C. Teaching Fellows Program, N.C. Teach, and Troops to Teachers.
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North Carolina has a teacher supply problem. Growth in the number of school-age children and requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act contribute to this. McLaughlin discusses recommendations made by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research to deal with teacher shortages. One recommendation is for the N.C. State Board of Education to require by the 2005-06 school year, Teacher Retention Improvement Plans for all local school systems where turnover exceeds 15 percent.
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During the 2002-03 school year, all North Carolina public schools were evaluated for the first time under the state's ABC's of Public Education of 1996 and the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. An interesting result was that almost half of the schools that met state standards failed to meet federal standards. Stallings discusses whether or not the state's assessment program meets the requirements of the new federal legislation; the first year assessment results and if the state's results met federal expectations; what sanctions will the state face because of the results; and will North Carolina be able to meet the new standards in the time the federal act allots.
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North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 21 Issue 3, Aug 2004, p32-52, 54-57, il, f Periodical Website
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NORTH CAROLINA INSIGHT published a study in 1991 entitled \"Voting in North Carolina: Can We Make It Easier?\" The authors discuss \"voter participation to determine what is different in 2003, what remains the same, and what needs to change to vault North Carolina into the top ranks of states in the number of its citizens who cast a ballot on election day.\"
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The first charter schools opened in North Carolina in 1997. Among the topics covered by the authors are the charter school law, research findings, fiscal impact on the public schools, educational accountability, teacher quality, and children with special needs.
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North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 20 Issue 1/2, July 2002, p2-20, 26-55, 57-65, il, f Periodical Website
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How strong is the public's support for its schools? To answer this question, the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research examined data on enrollment trends, polling data, and local bond votes from 1990-1991 through 2000-2001. The Center concluded that while the public is not completely satisfied with its schools, the support for them remains strong, as evinced by rising enrollment, increased public opinion poll support, and passages of bond issues for school construction.
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Charter schools were established by legislation in the state in 1996 to determine if schools run by private, non-profit organizations with limited state regulations would improve student performance. Manuel discusses four of these schools: Exploris Middle School, Raleigh; SPARC Academy, Raleigh; American Renaissance, Statesville; Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School, Hollister.
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5253
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The charter school movement began in North Carolina in 1996. McLaughlin lists twelve points made by those who support the educational approach and those who oppose it.
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What bearing does car cell phone conversation have on traffic safety? Some states feel a great deal. In 2001, 43 states considered bills to ban or regulate phone use while driving. A study by the Highway Safety Research Center at UNC-CH found \"cell phone conversation to be the eighth most likely cause of accidents blamed on driver distraction.\" The North Carolina General Assembly has established a committee \"to examine proposals to require the use of speakerphones and headsets and report to the 2003 General Assembly.\"
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Hurricane Floyd, and the subsequent flooding, took 52 lives, destroyed 8,000 homes, and damaged 67,000 more. The havoc was unprecedented in the state's history. How can the state be prepared for the next disaster? Among the recommendations made by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research are remapping the floodplains and keeping them up-to-date and, following Florida's example, creating an Emergency Management Trust Fund.
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Does North Carolina have a citizen legislature - one in which legislators met in a part-time body in Raleigh each year but still hold jobs back home? With sessions now lasting over 200 days, many wonder if being a legislator has become full-time. Factors indicating this change include longer sessions; issues that require calling the legislature back into session to deal with; and many study commissions and investigative committees that meet between sessions.
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Predatory lending, or loaning money for home loans based on unethical lending standards, has gotten some North Carolina citizens deeply in debt. An example is 89-year-old Dezell Wiley, whose home was debt-free, but now finds herself $70,000 in debt. In 1999, the General Assembly passed a law which is considered one of the most aggressive in the country in regulating this unethical practice.
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