John Dornan

If you are going to talk about public education in North Carolina you have to include this week's NC Notable, John Dornan. This Pennsylvania native taught high school English before working with education associations in six states. He came to head the NC Association of Educations, but was encouraged to start the Public School Forum of North Carolina in 1986. Since that time John Dornan has become the independent voice for what is good and what needs improving in public education, garnering respect and admiration from all sides of the education spectrum. John has led the charge for major education legislation and has expanded the scope of the Forum's work into guidance of afterschool programs, an institute for education leadership, the teaching fellows program, and an institute for education policymakers. John serves on any number of boards of directors and was inducted in East Carolina University's Education Hall of Fame, among other honors and awards. For being a sound, reasoned, articulate and authoritative voice for excellence in public education we are proud to recognize John Dornan as an NC Notable.

Previous NC Notables
09.08.2005 Eva Clayton
09.01.2005 Lois Britt
08.25.2005 Fred Barber
08.18.2005 Julius Chambers
08.11.2005 Martha Guy
08.04.2005 Nido Qubein
07.28.2005 Jeanette Hyde
07.21.2005 Billy Graham
07.14.2005 Lee Smith
07.07.2005 Ralph Ketner
06.30.2005 Thomas Hearn
06.23.2005 John Allison
06.16.2005 Jim Martin
06.02.2005 Darleen Johns
05.26.2005 Hugh Morton
05.19.2005 Bernie Mann
05.12.2005 Orrin H. Pilkey
05.05.2005 William Friday
04.28.2005 Annie Louise Wilkerson
04.21.2005 Martin Lancaster
04.14.2005 Shirley Caesar
04.07.2005 Carl Fox
03.31.2005 Bob Jordan
03.24.2005 Ann T. Denlinger