The United States Department of Education released a new report, Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2008. One statistic stands out. North Carolina had a high percentage of students in grades 9?12 who reported that drugs were made available to them on school property during the previous 12 months.
Specifically, researchers found that 28.5 percent of public school students in North Carolina were offered drugs in 2007, the tenth highest percentage in the nation and the second highest in the South. (The national average – representing 40 states and D.C. – was 22.3 percent. Georgia had the third highest percentage overall and highest in the South.) Nearly 38 percent of North Carolina students admitted to using alcohol during the previous 30 days (in 2007).
At least US ED did not release the report yesterday.
