Several North Carolina school systems have experimented with year-round education, and the results are positive. Forty schools took part in 1992-93 and that number doubled during the following school year.
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.
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.
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.
McKinney, president of Forsyth Association of Classroom Teachers, discusses the impact that Site-Based Decision Making (SBDM) has had on Winston-Salem/Forsyth County teachers and administrators.
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.
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.
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.
Yancey Evening School (YES), an alternative school in Yancey County, has been successful because it tailors its format and content to specific student needs.
Recent legislation passed by the General Assembly gives the power to Local Education Agencies to determine how the corporal punishment law will be administered in their jurisdictions.
A research study conducted by Dr. Gracie M. Davis describes the initiation, settlement, and outcomes of fifteen teacher grievance cases settled in North Carolina from 1987 to 1989.