About LEARN NC

LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, provides lesson plans, professional development, and innovative web resources to support teachers, build community, and improve K-12 education in North Carolina.

LEARN NC has been serving teachers and students across North Carolina since 1997. (Photo by UNC News Services. More about the photograph)

Learn more

• Local Coordinators Find the LEARN NC coordinator for your school system.
• LEARN NC Partners The organizations we work most closely with.

Related pages

• About the North Carolina Standard Course of Study: An explanation of the state curriculum and how LEARN NC aligns resources to it.
• Education Reference: Collection Policy: The purpose of LEARN NC's Education Reference is to provide definitions of common terms in K–12 education as well as information that contextualizes the terms and, where appropriate, links to examples and resources that will help teachers implement teaching ideas in their classrooms. These guidelines explain our policy for including entries in the Education Reference.
• Partners: A listing of LEARN NC's partner programs and the resources we have developed together.

Related topics

• Learn more about LEARN NC and education.

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Participation

All educators, parents, and interested members of the community are welcome! Our website offers a wide array of quality resources for K–12 classroom instruction and teacher professional development, all tied to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. All of our resources, except for online courses, are free and open to the public. Anyone may sign up to receive regular email updates about our resources and services and participate in online discussions.

Our strength is in North Carolina’s public schools. All 115 of North Carolina’s public school systems are working with LEARN NC, as are Independent schools, Catholic schools, and charter schools. Each school system and most individual schools have LEARN NC coordinators, primary contacts who manage professional development workshops and provide ongoing feedback on the design and scope of our organization. For a contact in your school system, see our directory of school system coordinators.

History

The "North Carolina Teachers’ Network" began in 1997 with six pilot school systems and a few tiny databases of teaching resources. From these humble beginnings, LEARN NC quickly grew into a statewide program providing thousands of quality resources to teachers and students in all 115 public school systems as well as the Catholic and Independent schools of North Carolina. In 2007–2008, LEARN NC’s website welcomed 30,000 visitors a day seeking innovative ideas for teaching and learning. While most are from North Carolina, 7 percent are from outside the United States, and we have received emails and reprint requests from as far away as China and Singapore!

Partners

LEARN NC works with a variety of organizations throughout North Carolina and across the United States to bring teachers the best available classroom content and professional development. Learn more about our partners.

Contacting us

Our offices are located in the Center for School Leadership Development across from the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (If you are planning a visit, please see the directions, which are in PDF format for printing.) For more information about our programs, resources, and services, please contact us via this website. You may also contact us at the following address: