What does affect education outcomes?
North Carolina’s teachers are outraged over how public education fared in this year’s state budget. While it would appear to be common sense that putting more money into schools would improve our... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Common core scores should sound an alarm bell
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 10, 2013. On the first day of school in 2011, the Observer’s editorial board wanted to celebrate teachers. We did so by sharing stories of unforgettable... Read More
I might not send my kids to college
Recently, I was at dinner with a group of friends, several of whom were mothers. As is often the case, the conversation had turned to the education system. We were discussing testing and home... Read More
Few in NC signing up for Obamacare
Obamacare supporters project that enrollment numbers will climb significantly once the federal exchange website is fixed, especially towards the end of the enrollment period (which will most likely be... Read More
Supreme Court: Pre-k case now moot
The North Carolina Supreme Court has vacated lower-court rulings calling barriers to access the state's pre-kindergarten program unconstitutional, saying lawmakers have since eliminated those barriers... Read More
The federal government is a 35 foot-long, 600 pound Twinkie
The government thinks you’re stupid, or at least ignorant. This isn’t just an indictment of the current government or an indictment of government itself. It’s simply a statement of fact. At its... Read More
NC NAEP test scores unchanged
This has been a big week for K-12 education news. Yesterday state test results which helped to measure the impact of new Common Core standards were released. I shared my thoughts here. Also... Read More
Obama apologizes to people losing health coverage
Bowing to intense criticism, President Barack Obama apologized to Americans who are losing health insurance plans he had repeatedly said they could keep and pledged to find fixes that might allow... Read More
Test results raise a lot of questions - as they should
Don’t panic. That’s the message most of us have been hearing all day from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Today DPI released state test scores for the READY Accountability model... Read More
Election takeaways
The Republican civil war takes off, Obamacare takes a hit, Virginia is still purple, a big GOP personality wins big in blue New Jersey, public pollsters lose big and a new generation of Democratic... Read More
