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
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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
McCrory pushing for offshore drilling
North Carolina is among a group of coastal states pressing the Obama administration to end a two-decade moratorium and allow offshore exploration for oil and natural gas. Advocates here are hoping to... Read More
Is k-12 budget up or down?
This summer, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory said at an N.C. Chamber summit, “at $7.8 billion, this is the largest K-12 budget in North Carolina’s history.” The line item appropriation for the... Read More
A cheap way to help children: Read to them
Architects know it is imperative to have a fundamentally sound foundation to build a strong structure. Doctors know it is easier to keep a patient healthy than to change an adverse health situation... Read More
Charlotte weighs bid for major Boeing plant
Charlotte officials are working to enter the multi-state competition for a manufacturing plant to build Boeing’s new 777X jetliner, a project that could potentially bring more than 8,000 jobs and a... Read More
NAACP chief, others found guilty in 'Moral Monday' protest
A Wake County judge on Wednesday found a group of people arrested in April during the first of what became months of weekly protests at the Legislative Building guilty of trespassing and violating... Read More
NC has fewer teachers and more students
Almost 17,200 additional students packed into North Carolina schools this year while the number of teachers dropped, according to new payroll data, leading to what some say are larger class sizes that... Read More
Protesters argue Legislative Building rules too vague
by Amanda Lamb, WRAL.com Twelve protesters, including the state president of the NAACP, were back in court Tuesday on charges they disrupted state lawmakers during an April demonstration at the... Read More
Medicaid expansion and McCrory’s list of regrets and resolutions
When Governor Pat McCrory sits down in the next few weeks to consider his first year in office and gets around to listing his regrets about 2013 and his plans for 2014, both ought to start with the... Read More
