>>In the summer, I think of my child’s brains as a pool float with a tiny leak. Her brain leaves school plump and firm with...[Read More]
Native American Heritage Month
Articles >>>>A budget plan expected to be finalized today in the General Assembly has one major advantage: it puts an end to the ongoing financial negotiations...[Read More]
>>It’s been a while, but I can still vividly remember what life was like as a teenager: instant crushes, zits, braces, changing bodies, and the...[Read More]
>>BY ELIZABETH QUEEN When I lived in Texas a few years ago, I worked with a local middle school in which 99% of students relied...[Read More]
>>Today state lawmakers are taking another shot at agreeing on a budget—a task that has occupied them for more than two months. Although they initially...[Read More]
>>It’s hard to believe that there’s just a little more than a month left of summer break. Sometimes I find myself counting down the days—and...[Read More]
>>You may have heard that state lawmakers have been butting heads over next year’s budget. You may even have an idea that the conflict has...[Read More]
>>By Amber Moodie – Dyer – Budget & Tax Center as a Policy Advocate Both the Senate and House Budget proposals leave much...[Read More]
>>The teen pregnancy rate >>has dropped by nearly 10% in the last year (!)—but >>15,000 North Carolina women under the age of 20 still got pregnant....[Read More]
>>We’re told to work hard, go to college, and get a degree. What is not always made clear is how to pay for that education....[Read More]