Atkinson says test scores will drop
Public schools’ standardized test scores will drop this year, June Atkinson, state superintendent of public instruction, said Monday. Last week, the state Department of Public Instruction announced... Read More
NC Spin Articles
SCSJ files federal lawsuit challenging NC Voter Suppression Law
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, and ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation today filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter suppression law signed... Read More
How Raleigh’s Republicans Forgot the Working Class
At the beginning of North Carolina’s latest General Assembly, Republican lawmakers began pushing a legislative agenda that sparked months of “Moral Monday” demonstrations and heated attacks... Read More
What the voting law does
Editorial by News and Observer, August 12, 2013. The state’s new election law changes when people can vote and how they can vote. It also changes campaign financing and disclosure laws. Here are... Read More
UNC system President Ross says no to tuition increases for next year
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 12, 2013. As they prepare for the impending start of the fall semester, state university students and their parents should be relieved to know they won’t... Read More
Watt deserves a vote
Editorial by Greensboror News and Record, August 10, 2013. President Barack Obama gave a push Tuesday for the man he selected to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency. “Months ago, I nominated a... Read More
When the Guardians Fail
It remains to be seen whether the scandals that have rocked athletics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will slowly begin to fade away or if some new revelation awaits around the... Read More
McCrory: Why I signed the Voter ID bill
The common sense, election reforms I just signed into law will protect the integrity of one of the most precious rights guaranteed in our state constitution, the right to vote. Voter photo... Read More
Berger focusing on kids more than money
Sen. Phil Berger There are some dishonest but powerful special interests in Raleigh who are forgetting what our public schools are all about. Instead of focusing on the kids, they’re focusing on one... Read More
Dropout rate playing with numbers
The Beaufort Observer, August 12, 2013. Politicians who run for office always look for issues they thin will get them votes. I suspect if you could accurately assess it, the high school "dropout" rate... Read More
