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A statistical record of the progress of public education in North Carolina, 1870-1906 (1907) online; Coon, Charles L. Significant educational facts: North Carolina public school statistics for 1904-'05 (1906) online; Coon, Charles L., ed. The beginnings of public education in North Carolina: a documentary history, 1790-1840: Volume I (1908) online
Education differences between men and women are greater in Appalachia than the rest of the nation, tying into a greater trend of gender inequalities. [12] Education in Appalachia has historically lagged behind average literacy levels of United States. [13] At first, education in this region was largely nurtured through religious institutions.
In 1740, North Carolina passed legislation that prohibited slave education. While the original legislature prohibited African Americans from being taught how to write, as other States adopted their own versions of the law, southern anti-literacy legislatures banned far more than just writing. Varying Southern laws prohibited African Americans ...
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is encouraging schools to consider taking away smartphones from students during the school day to try to curb social media addiction.
In a 2009 study, Clotfelter et al. examine test scores of North Carolina public school students by race. [12] They found that while black-white gaps are substantial, both Hispanic and Asian students tend to gain on whites as they progress in school. The white-black achievement gap in both math and reading scores is around half a standard deviation.
In recent years, North Carolina has had a mixed track record. In fiscal 2010, the state had one of the nation's lowest debts per capita, and 96% of employees' pension plans were funded - the ...
NC Education Research Data Center The Center is also home to the NC Education Research Data Center, established in 2000 as a partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. [11] It houses data on N.C.'s public schools, which is available to researchers and nonprofit institutions for use in research.
The Republican National Convention kicks off this week, and Project 2025 is emerging as one of the biggest issues of the 2024 election cycle. Project 2025 is a set of policy proposals — a ...