School may be out of session but the halls of Creech Road Elementary were buzzing with life. Volunteers from AbbVie, a pharmaceutical company, partnered with Heart of America Foundation, a…
To be free is not necessarily to be happy. It certainly doesn’t make one free of social attachments, or capable of obtaining any particular goal.
Twelve charter schools sought approval to open in 2020, although the State Board of Education failed to approve two of them after local district officials and PTA members raised concerns. Board members voted to approve the 10 charter schools during an SBE meeting Thursday, June…
House Bill 389 could soon become law. The Senate/Higher Education Committee on Wednesday, June 5, approved the bill, introduced in the Senate as S.B. 296. It passed the House, 88-24, April 16. The bill heads to the Senate Commerce Committee.
“Economies of scale, lower administrative costs, and more coordinated care will lower overall costs and improve the quality of health care.” This is a line we typically hear when large hospital systems merge or acquire smaller practices. To many, this may seem reasonable. For example, think about a large retail…
The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system — created in 1937 in the wake of the repeal of Prohibition — for the past 80-plus years has remained mostly static. But this may soon change, as lawmakers have offered several proposals to repair the broken, outdated system. …
Mona Charen, senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, focuses on the untold story of the feminist movement’s impact on men. Charen offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
Given the result of the 2016 presidential election, it’s not surprising Democrats are talking a lot about the Electoral College as the 2020 campaign gets under way. A number of their candidates want it abolished. Race has become a central feature of the debate. Prominent…
In a world accustomed to skimming and scanning, what promotes deep reading? Paper or screen? Does the medium matter? As schools integrate digital resources and tools broadly into curricula and teaching, such questions need good answers. Fortunately, evidence is accumulating, with big impacts for learning. New …
In North Carolina, at-risk 4-year-olds unable to attend a brick-and-mortar pre-K may soon get a chance to attend virtual preschool. Some lawmakers are looking to enact the pilot program for low-income families whose children are missing out on a pre-K education. At the behest of…
