STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Department of Public Instruction gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and assistance from individuals and groups throughout the State in this current revision process. Without such cooperation, the revisions and printing of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study would not have been possible.

We wish to express special thanks to:

• the Division of Instructional Services for providing the leadership and vision that guided the development of this document,
• the many local educators, parents, and business industry people who participated in the current revision process by serving on curriculum committees and reacting to draft documents,
• faculty from the institutions of higher education who advised the staff and assisted in the revision of the curriculum, and
• the Department of Public Instruction staff who carried the primary responsibility for revising and editing the curriculum.

The current revision process involved on some level the entire science educational community, and its end product is a North Carolina curriculum of which North Carolina can be proud. We will regularly revise and improve the curriculum in order to meet the needs of the students of North Carolina.