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4839
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death among North Carolina's young adults. Gamble discusses the need for schools to have a crisis management policy dealing with student suicides and considers steps schools might take toward addressing the issue, like having safe school plans. Also included is a partial bibliography on student suicide and web sites.
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The original purpose of the federal Equal Access Act was \"to ensure that student-initiated religious groups could use public secondary schools during noninstructional time on the same basis as other student groups.\" The act also protects other student groups who wish to discuss a wide range of topics, including homosexuality. Spiggle discusses the Equal Access Act, how it functions in protecting student- initiated groups, and what school officials must consider in determining whether or not their school is covered by the act.
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School Law Bulletin (NoCar K 23 C33), Vol. 32 Issue 2, Spring 2001, p11-20, f
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5251
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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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How do schools get their names? Crissman provides a number of possibilities for names, including a person (Booker T. Washington Elementary); a place (Beech Mountain Elementary); a direction (Northwest High School); and a lofty idea (First Flight Elementary). Every North Carolina school system has a policy for naming its schools.
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7826
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McColl's article uses a question-and-answer format to help school personnel find information to address domestic violence that affects students and the school community. School personnel will deal with domestic violence at some point in their careers, and there is a growing awareness that this type of violence has a detrimental effect on children exposed to it. Among the questions posed are \"How does domestic violence affect schools?\", \"What are Domestic Violence Protective Orders?\", and \"How does domestic violence affect a school's duty to report child abuse or neglect?\".
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Mesibov and Johansen describe state and local government responsibilities for public education governance, funding, and school reform in North Carolina. Among the topics discussed are the North Carolina educational system from 1776 to the 1930s; fiscal reforms of 1931 and 1933; current governance of public schools; current system of school finance; the school budget and fiscal control act; county responsibilities; and school reform efforts.
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School Law Bulletin (NoCar K 23 C33), Vol. 37 Issue 1, Winter 2006, p1-29, il, f
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Too many students in the state are dropping out of school, placing North Carolina among the lowest states in that category. Stallings' discussion of the dropout problem includes how North Carolina tracks and measures dropout rates; which students drop out and why; and what the state and local school districts are doing to reduce the dropout rate. The article concludes with six recommendations for improving the state's dropout problem.
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10292
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The article discusses the effect a ruling by the United States Supreme Court to support or to strike down school segregation would have on North Carolina, which maintains separate but equal public schools.
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10866
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Millonzi describes the state's Medicaid program and explains program funding before the General Assembly passed funding reform legislation. The legislation's financial impact on local school administrative units and county governments is discussed.
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10906
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In this We the People of North Carolina magazine interview, Rankin and Armstrong discuss the state of North Carolina's public schools with state school superintendent A. Craig Phillips.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 27 Issue 9, Sept 1969, p20-21, 37, il, por
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11544
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Carl LeRoy Bailey, State Senator from Washington County. Bailey supported Senator Angus MacLean, who was largely responsible for legislation in the 1933 General Assembly that allowed the state take over the operation of the public school system.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 43, Mar 1934, p25, por
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13929
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In the November 2010 state elections, Republicans gained control of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. Geary discusses what effect this could have on the state's public school system.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Jan 2011, p7, il Periodical Website
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Each school year, more than 1.3 million students--90 percent of all public school-aged children in the state--are education in more than 2200 traditional and charter public schools in North Carolina. North Carolina's public schools lead the nation in progress--a fact confirmed by many studies and rankings.
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The entire issue addresses the history of public school administration from the founding of the public education system in 1840. The major theme concerns the shift from administrative powers entrusted with the district to consolidation of power at the county level. Specific examples of how these changes affected school are included for Charlotte, Durham, Winston-Salem, Wilmington, and Halifax County.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 27 Issue 3-4, Nov-Dec 1960, p1-37, il
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17624
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The State Board of Education agreed to a proposal from the United Forces for Education and Governor Sanford to increase public school appropriations by $106,000,000. Beyond budgetary concerns, further proposals focused on developing three separate commission to study different aspects of public education: talented students, teacher merit, and year-round use of public school facilities.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 27 Issue 5, Feb 1961, p17-18
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