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Direct linkThomas, William R. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
As the 21st century's first decade draws to a close, America's public school students are participating in online academic classes in increasingly large numbers. More than one million K-12 public school students took online courses in the 2007-2008 school year, according to an estimate in a recent Sloan Consortium survey. This represents a 47…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses
Peer reviewedBaker, Sharon L.; Ruey, Ellen Dew – RQ, 1988
This study explored the relationship between expanded information and referral (I&R) services and traditional reference services in public libraries in North Carolina. Results show librarians feel I&R services should be limited to those closely related to traditional reference services. Other I&R services typically provided by social…
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Role, Library Services, Library Surveys
Download full textCalifornia State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
Information is presented on the three prepaid tuition programs and four college savings bond programs currently in operation in the United States, and the fiscal issues involved in their implementation are summarized. The three prepaid tuition programs are in Michigan, Wyoming, and Florida. The characteristics of the three programs are outlined…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Higher Education, Money Management, National Surveys
Peer reviewedBulla, Tom; Gooden, John S. – ERS Spectrum, 2003
Survey responses of 407 elementary school principals revealed that the factors most influencing principals' decisions to retain students include lack of mastery of material, local and state accountability standards, and the student's maturity level and chronological age. Principals also believe children should be retained in the early years.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Education, Grade Repetition
Governor's Advocacy Commission on Children and Youth, Raleigh, NC. – 1978
About 10,000 children in North Carolina are removed from their families each year and placed into foster care. The purpose of this study was to determine why children in North Carolina are placed in foster care, what happens to them while they are in care, and under what circumstances they leave foster care. A preliminary field survey was…
Descriptors: Adoption, Caseworkers, Certification, Child Advocacy
PDF pending restorationChristenson, James A.; Taylor, Gregory S. – 1979
Citizen perception of public service quality was examined to determine its relationship to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the community, variations in service expenditures, and quantitative service performance measures. The Bureau of the Census, state agencies, and a mail survey of residents in all 100 North Carolina counties…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Satisfaction, Community Services, Demography
Canipe, Stephen L. – 1979
This paper offers a general perspective of school energy use based on national surveys and a state of North Carolina perspective based on the public school laws that can have energy impact. Data from two surveys conducted in 1972-73 and 1974-75 are analyzed. Findings show a shift away from oil and a shift from direct use of coal to use of…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Cost Effectiveness, Differences, Educational Facilities Improvement
Keim, H. David, III; And Others – 1982
In March, 1980, a project was undertaken to develop a model for continued identification and analysis of attrition factors in the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Specifically, the project was designed to define attrition and distinguish dropouts from other non-returning students; develop and validate instruments for collecting…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Dropout Characteristics
