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
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
Arecent report issued by a Washington think tank concludes that Gov. Pat McCrory’s move to create a public-private partnership to oversee business recruiting could prove to be a big mistake. Good... Read More
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 8, 2013. When efficient organizations make a mistake, they fix it. When dysfunctional organizations like the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services... Read More
The state Board of Transportation refused Thursday to give local elected officials a bigger share of the “local” input that will help determine where DOT dollars are spent in the future. Board... Read More
by Rob Christensen, News and Observer, November 8, 2013. The McCrory administration said Thursday it would undertake a new effort to improve mental health care, in particular finding ways to divert... Read More
Fewer than half the students in North Carolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools have the reading and math skills they need to be on track for college and skilled jobs, based on results of new state... Read More
Remember when George W. Bush ran as a “compassionate conservative” in 2000? Ted Cruz could run in 2016 as a “cruel conservative.” The distance between the two Texans shows how far right the... Read More
In a way the Obamacare rollout is proof markets – and naked self-interest – work. In the past, a lot of older, sicker people have been unable to get health insurance. Or afford it if they could... Read More
It has been quite a few days in the debate about public education in North Carolina. Teachers, parents, and civic leaders staged walk-ins at schools across the state to draw attention to the... Read More
