NC Spin Articles



How to keep good teachers? Fix the jobs

North Carolina’s report on teacher turnover for the last school year, released Wednesday, came just after I had read a compelling article in The Atlantic called “Why Do Teachers Quit?” and in...    Read More

December 6, 2013


Stats show Alamance deputies profile Latinos

Two university professors hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to analyze traffic stops by the Alamance County Sheriff's Office say statistical data conclusively shows deputies there are racially...    Read More

December 6, 2013

State Medicaid reform remains moving target

The Medicaid proposal at the core of an ambitious reform effort has morphed significantly since it was announced in April. Instead of the state bringing in three or four insurance companies or other...    Read More

December 6, 2013

Right to assemble

Editorial by Greensboro Daily News, December 5, 2013. Wake County District Court Judge Joy Hamilton brushed aside constitutional claims Wednesday and convicted a dozen Moral Monday demonstrators of...    Read More

December 5, 2013



The Demographic Challenges Ate My Homework

I don’t quite buy Jason Richwine’s insouciance about the wretched U.S. scores on international education rankings: While the U.S. gets mediocre scores, it also has demographic and socioeconomic...    Read More

December 5, 2013

Keeping perspective on the PISA test scores

Yesterday morning, the OECD announced the results of the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the most widely known international comparison of student achievement. The PISA...    Read More

December 5, 2013


McCrory pushing for offshore drilling

North Carolina is among a group of coastal states pressing the Obama administration to end a two-decade moratorium and allow offshore exploration for oil and natural gas. Advocates here are hoping to...    Read More

December 5, 2013