The Excellent Schools Act of 1997 provided a comprehensive plan for improving student academic achievement and reducing teacher attrition in North Carolina. The studies provide information on factors which impact supply and demand.
Supply is described as a result of new production and reserve pools.
Demand is described as a result of K-12 population growth, policies of governing bodies, and turnover. The studies detail national and state trends related to population growth, births, and teacher and administrator attrition and turnover, as well as federal, state, and local policies impacting education. Because an overall picture for the state is informative but the consequences are not the same for each school system, a model was developed that allows readers to enter their estimates of growth and turnover to generate predictions of local impact. Selected Findings North Carolina is currently a high growth state compared to other states. Examination of changes over the last ten years indicated that there was as much or more growth in the last ten years than there will be in the next ten years.