The High School Journalgrew out of the quarterly The North Carolina High School Bulletin which was published from 1910 to 1917, and which was begun with the aim of improving North Carolina schools and was edited by Prof. N. W. Walker. In 2018 it celebrated its 100th year of publication under the present title. During its early years it was dedicated primarily to improving high schoolteaching and management in the southern United States, particularly in North Carolina, and was published monthly during the 1920s and 30s. The Journal also published investigations into problems in high schools in North Carolina.