About A+

Dr. Ken Benton
Educator

Biography- Dr. Kenneth E. Benton--Dr. Benton grew up in Goldsboro, NC, and attended public schools there. He graduated from Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC with an A. B. in English. After teaching for three years in the schools around Ft. Bragg,NC , Dr. Benton served as a school administrator with the Cumberland County Schools, Fayetteville, NC for eighteen years. He then taught at the college level and was headmaster of a private school. While working as a school administrator, Dr. Benton completed his M.A.E. and Ed. S. degrees at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and his doctorate at Duke University, Durham, NC. In 1997, he received a B.S. in psychology from Mt. Olive College, Mt. Olive, NC.

As an educator, Dr. Benton has been active in state and local professional organizations. He has served as President of the Tenth District NCAE Principals’ Division. Further, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Association of School Administrators after serving as President of the organization’s Fourth District and was elected President of the association's Principals’ Commission and served as President-elect of NCASA in 1986. Dr. Benton was also named “Administrator of the Year” by the NCAE-OP.

In 1989, Dr. Benton founded Academics Plus Learning Center in Dunn, NC. This edu-business was established to supplement the educational activities of the public schools and private enterprises. Since 1990, Academics Plus has incorporated and has moved to Goldsboro, NC.