Inadequate transition outcomes for youth with disabilities have produced a call for enhanced transition service delivery that includes implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, research indicates transition service providers still lack the knowledge and skills to effectively implement EBPs to ensure youth with disabilities…

Every state can create secure, robust linkages between early childhood and K-12 data systems, and effectively use the information from these linkages to implement initiatives to support programs and children, answer key policy questions, and be transparent about how the state's early childhood investments prepare students for success in school and…

Presents results of a self-study by the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges to assess the current state of the humanities in its 58-campus system, to fathom the difficulties faced by humanities instructors, and to suggest ways to strengthen humanities instruction in the technical/vocational setting. (EL)

This handbook provides an introduction to school-age child care for North Carolina public schools, an annotated bibliography on school-age child care, and information on before- and after-school child care programs in public schools. The introductory Section I focuses on the need for school-age child care and the public school's role in providing…

This curriculum guide for training preschool teachers in postsecondary institutions is based on the competency-based program developed by North Carolina's Department of Community Colleges. The curriculum is organized so that the individual can exit either at the completion of four quarters of study with a diploma or at the completion of the total…