Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the scholastic years 1898-'99 and 1899-1900

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.