Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the scholastic years 1898-'99 and 1899-1900
Contributors: Mebane, C. H. (Charles Harden), 1862-1926; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Education; Education and state; Public schools; Teachers; Certification; Textbooks; School management and organization
Other titles: The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Charles H. Mebane's report on the public schools in North Carolina includes concern over conditions of existing schools, choice of textbooks, training and salary of teachers, administration of the School Fund, and the filling of positions for local school officials. He makes many recommendations for improvement or changes such as taxation to raise more funds for education, strict qualifications for teachers, higher standards for education of black teachers, textbooks chosen by a Board of Examiners instead of committees, and compulsory school attendance. He reports on his contacts with other states to bolster many of these recommendations. The report continues with statistical tables, biographies of prominent educators, profiles of many of the state's institutions of higher education including denominational schools, and a comparison between white and black schools.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed April 11, 2003)

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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Transcribed from: Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the scholastic years 1898-'99 and 1899-1900. Raleigh : Edwards & Broughton and E.M. Uzzell, State Printers ; Presses of Edwards & Broughton, 1900. 530 p. : port. Includes index. Letter of transmittal signed: C.H. Mebane, Superintendent Public Instruction.

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