Opinion

Fix public schools before demanding more homeschool regulations

I have been homeschooling in North Carolina for 10 years, and many parents have approached me wondering what their homeschool should look like. My answer to their question is that it should reflect your own children’s interests and abilities. I know mine does. However, when a North Carolina state senator suggested we need more regulations...

Laura Macklem
Opinion

Lawmakers in Texas and North Carolina address CRT differently

Texans and North Carolinians highlight differences in worldview, but this time it has nothing to do with barbecue. The two states aim at addressing race-based education in K-12 schools. However, they do so in different ways. In Texas and North Carolina, the legislatures are controlled by Republicans. Even so, Texas Republicans and North Carolina Republicans...

Joshua Peters
Opinion

Learning loss education savings accounts: an idea whose time has come

After almost a year of being out of school, in a different school, or in no school at all, children and parents are embracing the opportunity to return to in-person instruction full time. Underneath all that enthusiasm, however, is an important yet unanswered question: how much learning have students lost because of the pandemic? Results...

Bob Luebke
Opinion

N.C. Supreme Court mulling groundbreaking bullying case

The N.C. Supreme Court on March 23 heard oral arguments in a case that could for the first time extend state constitutional protections against extreme bullying in public schools and hold school systems responsible when failing to act. The state high court will decide if North Carolina’s constitutional right of a “sound basic education” as defined...

Dallas Woodhouse

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Opinion

World without walls: virtual reality’s role in the classroom 

It’s a world without walls. Students can explore the vast expanse of the Great Barrier Reef or the microscopic intricacies of the human cell — all within the confines of the classroom. Virtual reality experiences take students “to where they cannot be” because of physical, financial, or other constraints, says Helen Crompton, an international expert on mobile learning...

Kristen Blair
Opinion

What’s still OK for public schools: a scorecard

The recent ruling (now on hold) by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to declare the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional and therefore not fit for public schools is just one of the bewildering changes taking place in our public schools. At this moment, maybe it's time to take stock of what is -- and what isn't -- allowed nowadays.

Jon Sanders