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
NC Spin Articles
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
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
