Public school students’ standardized test performance took a giant leap this year, largely helped along by a new scoring scale that makes the tests easier to pass. The statewide overall passing rate... Read More
The Senate race is all about sex. It is Supportive Mommy against Stern Daddy. And the debate may make me amend my rule about how the most comfortable, confident and commanding person in the room... Read More
Edtorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 5, 2014. Sen. Kay Hagan defended her math skills in her debate with Speaker Thom Tillis Wednesday, but she failed to deflect other attacks as effectively... Read More
The Senate debate Wednesday night is unlikely to sway many North Carolina voters in a race that seems stuck in neutral, despite months of heavy TV advertising. But Republican state House Speaker Thom... Read More
Nationally known political analyst Charlie Cook said at Elon University today that the North Carolina contest for U.S. Senate, in a year in which the political balance in the nation’s capital is at... Read More
Civitas’ annual poll of unaffiliated North Carolina voters provides insights into the views of this key voting bloc as the state heads into the election season. This poll of 400 registered... Read More
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and state House Speaker Thom Tillis met for the first of two scheduled debates Wednesday, and both used some lines that rang bells with WRAL's fact-checking staff. There were also... Read More
As teachers at Randleman Elementary School bid farewell to summer, readying their classrooms with supplies and materials that many bought with their own hard-earned cash, Principal Laurie Sypole cited... Read More
Crude labeling is not helping the debate There’s a bit of dark humor in the wacky world of online political discourse about how few back-and-forth comments it typically takes before someone accuses... Read More
The folks in control of state government in North Carolina are having an increasingly difficult time justifying maybe the most ill-advised decision they have made in the last two years, the refusal to... Read More
