McCrory, days gone by
Gov. Pat McCrory is clearly smarting over what he perceives as unfair treatment by the media. A recent column by longtime Charlotte Observer reporter, editor and editorialist Taylor Batten provides... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Sutton’s ouster as school board chairman a stab to the back
Cash Michaels, editor and chief reporter for The Carolinian in Raleigh, offers up a blog post with his analysis of the ouster of Keith Sutton as chairman of the Wake County Board of Education... Read More
Disturbing trends as colleges spend even more on athletics
Editorial by News and Observer, December 5, 2013. There’s a little bit of irony here. The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees got a request from the Department of Athletics for a fee increase to help... Read More
How to keep good teachers? Fix the jobs
North Carolina’s report on teacher turnover for the last school year, released Wednesday, came just after I had read a compelling article in The Atlantic called “Why Do Teachers Quit?” and in... Read More
Stats show Alamance deputies profile Latinos
Two university professors hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to analyze traffic stops by the Alamance County Sheriff's Office say statistical data conclusively shows deputies there are racially... Read More
State Medicaid reform remains moving target
The Medicaid proposal at the core of an ambitious reform effort has morphed significantly since it was announced in April. Instead of the state bringing in three or four insurance companies or other... Read More
Right to assemble
Editorial by Greensboro Daily News, December 5, 2013. Wake County District Court Judge Joy Hamilton brushed aside constitutional claims Wednesday and convicted a dozen Moral Monday demonstrators of... Read More
Noonan asks why the president didn’t pay attention to Obamacare’s implementation
Peggy Noonan‘s latest Wall Street Journal column explores the notion of President Obama’s apparent disinterest in the functional operation of his signature health care legislation. It’s a... Read More
The Demographic Challenges Ate My Homework
I don’t quite buy Jason Richwine’s insouciance about the wretched U.S. scores on international education rankings: While the U.S. gets mediocre scores, it also has demographic and socioeconomic... Read More
Keeping perspective on the PISA test scores
Yesterday morning, the OECD announced the results of the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the most widely known international comparison of student achievement. The PISA... Read More
