>>There are a lot of areas in which North Carolina’s >>proposed budget falls short . That’s no surprise. But what if I told you that...[Read More]
Native American Issues
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>>I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. When I hear hooves, I think horses, not zebras. I tend to give people the benefit of the...[Read More]
>>Here’s an idea: What if we took five low-performing schools from across the whole state — both urban and rural —and put them in their...[Read More]
>> BY RACHELLE SORENSON-COX North Carolina’s education system is made up of a myriad of options. When it comes to where you send your child...[Read More]
>> It’s hard to picture a classroom without hand-drawn pictures on the walls, or a school assembly without the sound of jubilant young voices singing....[Read More]
>>Maybe there are adults out there who still use their cursive-writing skills. I don’t use them anymore, except to sign my name. Even when I...[Read More]
>>More and more, I’ve begun to feel like there are two North Carolinas. There is the one with warm, welcoming people, great food, respected universities;...[Read More]
>>“Did you know that more than 40 percent of Duke’s teaching faculty are not tenured professors?” “What if I were to tell you that I...[Read More]
>>By many measures the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act >>was a failure . Kids have been burned out by constant standardized testing; teachers have...[Read More]
>> My third grade teacher was terrible. I mean, she was really, really rotten. She once — and this is true — gave a class...[Read More]