Today's researchers seek to determine if contemporary pre-K programs provide the strong return on investment found by researchers in the 1960's High/Scope Perry Preschool Program and 1970's North Carolina Abecedarian Project. Research then showed that these two programs created positive academic effects that accompanied their students as they…

Current research seeks to determine if today's pre-K programs provide strong returns on investment similar to the returns from the classic 1960's High/Scope Perry Preschool Program and 1970's North Carolina Abecedarian Project. These were known for the positive academic effects that children experienced as they moved through school. Policy-makers…

This document is an annotated bibliography identifying books, filmstrips, maps, posters, puzzles, recordings, and videocassettes, pertaining to the state of North Carolina that can be used in elementary and secondary school classrooms. In addition to a lengthy description of each item, a range of appropriate grade levels is indicated, as well as…

The professional development resources annotated in this document were selected as the core resources available for the first five functions of the North Carolina Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument (TPAI). The list is designed to include the most practical, up-to-date research associated with the 28 practices listed under the five functions.…

Provides high school librarians with information about federal Web sites--those which support the North Carolina high school curriculum--for providing information to teachers and students. Specific attention is given to sites with lesson plans and learning activities. Provides addresses and descriptions of 21 sites in the categories of education,…