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NC Founded
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NC Establishes Public Education
The Greensboro Graded School, approved by voters in May 1870, became the first public graded system in North Carolina. It was followed by authorizing acts for local elections in Charlotte (1873), Fayetteville (1878), Asheville (1879), Wilson and Goldsboro (1880-81), and Durham (1881). The 1876-77 General Assembly enacted a graded school law applicable to larger towns and cities, a concept gradually extended to smaller towns. https://www.ncpedia.org/public-education-part-3-first
