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About the Office of the Superintendent
Dr. Carl Harris,
Superintendent
Fuller Administration Building
511 Cleveland Street
P.O. Box 30002
Durham, NC 27702
Phone: (919) 560-3716
Fax: (919) 560-2422
Dr. Carl E. Harris
Superintendent, Durham Public Schools
Dr. Carl E. Harris became Superintendent of Durham Public Schools on July 1, 2006. He previously served as Deputy Superintendent. At DPS, his focus is on advancing academic achievement, fostering relationships with parents, businesses and the community and improving school administrative leadership.
From 1999 until 2004, Dr. Harris was Superintendent of Franklin County Schools, where he was instrumental in bringing about significant increases in student achievement for all ethnic groups.
In 2008, Dr. Harris received the University Council for Educational Administration Educational Leadership Award. He was one of 33 educators recognized nationally and the only educator in the state of North Carolina to receive the honor. He also was recognized by the North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented that year. The National Association for Gifted Children presented him with the NAGC Educator Award in 2006. Fidelity Investments presented him with the “Inspire the Future” Award in 2008.
Dr. Harris is a past president of the North Carolina Association of School Administrators. He chaired the North Carolina Textbook Commission and formerly chaired the North Carolina State Council of the Commissions of the Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Currently, Dr. Harris serves on the NC School Technology Commission, a post he was appointed to by Governor Mike Easley in 2005. He also is the chair of the Central Carolina Regional Education Services Alliance.
Superintendent Harris serves as faculty advisor to the Broad Urban Superintendents Academy, a national training program for superintendents. In 2002, Dr. Harris was named a Broad Center Fellow, one of 23 professionals from across the nation who completed the inaugural class of the Academy, sponsored by the Broad Foundation in Los Angeles. The Academy is a rigorous, 10-month executive management course designed to prepare leaders from inside and outside the education sector to become successful urban superintendent.
Dr. Harris has presented at state and national conferences, including the National School Boards Association conference and the North Carolina Summer Leadership Conference for School Administrators.
Dr. Harris earned a doctorate degree in Education Administration from North Carolina State University, where he currently serves as adjunct professor. He also holds a Master of Arts in Education, a Master of Administration, and an Education Specialist degree in Administration and Supervision from East Carolina University, along with a B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Southwest State University.
