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
NC Spin Articles
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
Common core revamp succeeds by failing
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, January 6, 2016. Not every F grade is a failure. In the case of the Common Core curriculum in North Carolina, it may be graduation with honors. Some political... Read More
NC approves 27 candidates for presidential primary ballot
The North Carolina State Board of Elections on Tuesday formally set the ballots Republican, Democratic and Libertarian voters will see during the March 15 primary. Four Democrats will appear on the... Read More
Bond issue needs support
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, January 6, 2016. It's instructive to note that when Gov. Pat McCrory kicked off the official campaign Tuesday endorsing the state's $2 billion bond proposal he was... Read More
McCrory boasts about NC at economic forum, progress uneven
Gov. Pat McCrory boasted Wednesday about data showing overall wages are going up in North Carolina as he looks ahead to a re-election contest this year that will give him credit for the state’s post... Read More
Bond supporters launch bipartisan campaign
Hundreds of supporters of the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum on the March 15 ballot gathered Tuesday on N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus to kick off a campaign they say is... Read More
Make a federal case of it
Lately I’ve been reflecting on North Carolina’s celebrated history as, well, the political equivalent of a cantankerous old coot. You know the fellow I mean. Perhaps despite himself, he won’t... Read More
