About the NC SBE SBE Meeting Information SBE Policy Manual Advisory Councils, Boards and Commissions Legislative Report Legal Affairs On the Road Education News Web Resources HOME	History of the North Carolina State Board of Education The History of the North Carolina State Board of Education is available in PDF format. To view or print it, you will need the Adobe's Acrobat Reader, which you can download free from their Web site.  Table of Contents: The Beginning of North Carolina's Public Schools & The Literary Fund Rebuilding After the Civil War, the Compulsory Attendance Act & the School Machinery Act A New Era In Education & Expansion and Improvement Basic Education Program & Governance In Education Performance-Based Accountability (The ABCs, State Assistance Teams and the Student Accountability Standards) The Charter Schools Act & The Excellent Schools Act First In America & Closing the Achievement Gap The North Carolina Education Cabinet Reasons for Having a State Board of Education; Oath of Office for the State Board of Education; and Powers and Duties of the North Carolina State Board of Education North Carolina State Superintendents of Public Instruction and State Board of Education Members Since 1943 To learn more about the History of Education in North Carolina: Noble, M.C.S. A History of the Public Schools of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1930. North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Guide to Research Material in the North Carolina State Archives: State Agency Records. (Mars ID #1) State Board of Education Agency History, 1995. North Carolina State Constitution of 1971. Rogers, Weaver B. Communication, June 1998. State Board of Education. The History of the North Carolina State Board of Education. Department of Public Instruction, 1989. If additional information about the State Board of Education, its members or its polices is needed, please contact the State Board of Education Office, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-2825, or call 919-807-3304. About this publication Material included in the History of the North Carolina State Board of Education was compiled by Shannon E. Walls, a student at Belmont Abbey College and an Institute of Government Intern with the State Board of Education, summer 1998. Revisions to this document were made by Jenny Matthews, a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an Institute of Government Intern with the State Board of Education, summer 2001.   <Back to Top>