Carolina Journal
Volume 10, Number 5 - March 2001

Table of Contents:

On the Cover:

  • Superior Court Judge Howard Manning last fall ruled that North Carolina was required to fund a pre-school program for “at-risk” children. Some lawmakers want to transform Smart Start into that program. But Smart Start officials say that would do children a major disservice. Page 1

North Carolina:

  • Judge Manning also is considering a case that could force the state to equalize public school spending statewide. But school spending already is equal. Page 3
  • Redistricting battles across the country are likely to be messy this year but also less tilted towards Democratic gains. Page 4
  • A member of the N.C. Aeronautics Council did airport work funded by a grant he voted to approve. Now he wants to get paid. Page 5

Education:

  • Gov. Mike Easley has guaranteed that reducing class sizes will increase student performance. But academic research shows that there’s reason to be skeptical. Page 6
  • Home schools keep education within the family. Page 7
  • Paige Holland finds strong educational leadership across North Carolina. Page 7
  • North Carolina’s charter school law is no longer considered one of the best in the nation. Page 8
  • Richmond, Va. experiments with a public military school. Page 9

Higher Education:

  • N.C. State University redefines “diversity” to mean a mixing of different ideas rather than a mixing of races. Page 10
  • N. C. English departments have maintained higher standards than have most others. Page 11
  • Secrecy regarding UNC-W women’s center concerns conservative group. Page 11
  • Secrecy regarding UNC-W women’s center concerns conservative group. Page 12
  • University of California president proposes abolishing the SAT. Page 12
  • N.C. taxpayers shoulder the bulk of higher-education costs. Page 13

Local Government:

  • Definitions of Smart Growth vary widely, even supporters are split. Page 14
  • Growth can pay for itself, several studies have found. Page 15
  • Tom Fetzer says opponents of a Raleigh development are just NIMBYs. Page 15
  • One on one with Thomas Stith of the Durham City Council. Page 16
  • Revenue problems and new expenditures dominate city agendas. Page 17

The Learning Curve:

  • Reviews of The Tyranny of Good Intentions by Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton and Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks. Page 18
  • Reviews of Property and Freedom by historian Richard Pipes and A History of Britain by historian Simon Schama. Page 19

Opinion:

  • Editorials address Gov. Mike Easley’s State of the State address, race and education, and the misuse of statistics on women’s. Page 20
  • John Hood rips the media for uncritically accepting a flawed report. Page 21
  • Roy Cordato says George W. Bush’s tax cuts are needed. Page 22
  • Regression, progression, and who gets soaked by taxes. Page 23

Parting Shot:

  • John Hood announces his conversion to the cause of regulating those “precious polity fluids.” Page 24

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