>> It is hard to believe that it was 14 years ago that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed with great fanfare, promising to usher...[Read More]
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>>BY CLARA FEMIA MaryAnne Gucciardi is a proud Italian-American. Both of her grandparents are 100% Sicilian, and she remembers a fun childhood spent playing with...[Read More]
>>Before I had kids, the word co-sleeping once felt like it was from a foreign tongue — one spoken only by hippie commune-dwelling mamas, or...[Read More]
>>The term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder summons the stereotypical image of the shell-shocked war veteran falling to pieces or raging at the slightest provocation. This...[Read More]
>>The number of abortions performed in North Carolina is dropping – fast. In fact, the number of abortions performed in our state has dropped 26...[Read More]
>>BY CATHY EMRICK My kids go to “that” school. You know, the one about about which people who have never set foot inside exclaim, ““I...[Read More]
>>For >>820,000 NC children, summer means more than being hot and bored. These kids receive free or reduced lunch during the school year — and...[Read More]
>>For many years I suffered from a fear of flying. When I talked about it, I generally got one of two reactions: people either felt...[Read More]
>>It is 3 pm when my 11-year-old son asks me for a cell phone. He and his younger brother want to walk a half-mile loop...[Read More]
>>The news for North Carolina women has never been better — or worse. Deaths from breast cancer are down; attacks on reproductive health are up....[Read More]