Charter schools and accountability
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 9, 2016. The State Board of Education is sitting on a key report on the status of charter schools in North Carolina. Lt. Gov. Dan Forrest thinks it “did... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Economic success far from a statewide story
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 10, 2015. There was a lot of good economic news in the air last week as business executives gathered in Durham for the state's annual Economic Forecast... Read More
Invest in our state
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 9, 2016. There’s not much time to win support for the $2 billion bond proposal on the March 15 ballot, so it was good to see a proper kick-off to the... Read More
Some simple and powerful truths about the NC economy
North Carolinians have long recognized that for the state’s economy to work well, it must work well for everyone. That’s why we built the first public university system in the country. It’s why... Read More
Hateful New Year
We went from the season of peace and love to the season of war and hate in record time. In Oregon, a gang of gun-brandishing vigilantes seized control of public land and dared law enforcement to take... Read More
Wealth gap spurring rebuild of economic development efforts
Lawmakers saw stark evidence Thursday that decades of efforts to spur economic growth in rural areas have been thwarted by trends that have sent population and job opportunities to the state's biggest... Read More
A common thread with Common Core
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, January 7, 2016. The political bashing that public education gets year in, year out, has always been a bit of a head-scratcher. We don’t recall ever having a math... Read More
Low-performing schools hire more low-performing teachers
Last month, State Board of Education member Olivia Holmes Oxendine asked staff at the Department of Public Instruction about the quality of teachers at low-performing schools. This week, she got her... Read More
June Atkinson: Predictions for public schools in 2016
by Kelly Hinchcliffe, WRAL, January 7, 2016. WRAL News asked state Superintendent June Atkinson to share her predictions for North Carolina public schools in 2016. 1) Teacher raises The General... Read More
The very least we can do about gun violence
A picture accompanying a recent story about U.S. gun laws in the Guardian newspaper shows a sign on a table of semi-automatic guns for sale at an Alabama gun show. The sign says “no paper work... Read More
