Congress needs to act on Farm Bill
Editorial by News and Observer, December 12, 2013. Congress is expected to adjourn for the holidays without taking action on the one of its fundamental tasks: renewing the farm bill. This shouldn’t... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Ditch the texts: Techbooks are future in CMS, Mooresville schools
There are textbooks in Ronald Tyson’s social studies class at Community House Middle School, but they’re stacked on a shelf, seldom touched. Instead, when his seventh-graders start a lesson on the... Read More
Getting a good bang for the education buck
It has been nearly three years since the left-leaning Center for American Progress published a superb report, Return on Educational Investment: A District-by-District Evaluation of U.S. Educational... Read More
In the line of fire
Politics 101 used to say that getting in the news was good for politicians. Not today. The new rule is: If you’re in the spotlight, you’re losing. The more you’re in the news, the lower your... Read More
Rare Congressional hope
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, December 12, 2013. This week’s unusual round of bipartisan effort among members of Congress toward avoiding fits, starts and shutdowns in setting federal... Read More
DHHS was wrong to blame counties for food-stamp breakdown
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 12, 2013. Aldona Wos, state secretary of health and human services, owes an apology to every social services worker in the state after she and her... Read More
Insults won't build useful, long-lasting bridges
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, December 12, 2013. Demonizing doesn't lead to productive discussions and useful solutions. Unfortunately for North Carolina taxpayers, that's the tactic Gov. Pat... Read More
A broken model
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 12, 2013. Raise your hand if you cheered (or jeered) well past your bedtime during North Carolina’s improbable upset of No. 1 Michigan State last week... Read More
Health care law to crimp US hiring
Corporate financial chiefs say they expect to reduce hiring and also move more jobs to part-time status as a result of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new survey from Duke University and CFO... Read More
Lawsuit challenges vouchers for NC private schools
he battle over private school vouchers in North Carolina is headed to court. On Wednesday, 25 plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court, calling the state’s voucher program an... Read More
