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What the N.C. social studies curriculum should look like

Like much of the nation, North Carolina has a civics and history crisis. Yet, it may be even worse than thought in North Carolina after a Fordham Institute study gave the state a “D-” grade for civics and an “F” for history. Even more troubling for many educators and curriculum designers across the state is...

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Critical race theory seeks to recast America’s foundational beliefs

Published below are the full and unedited remarks of NC Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, on the threat to critical race theory to American society and its founding principles. Berger offered up the remarks on July 14.  Certain Enlightenment Era concepts have defined American culture since our nation’s founding. Sometimes referred to as “classical liberalism,”...

Is N.C. media whitewashing radical demands of black UNC Students?

Triangle-based media outlets have been extensively reporting various issues surrounding Nikole Hannah-Jones declining to accept an offer of employment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Several media outlets are reporting on UNC-Chapel Hill black student leaders and organizations’ demands from campus administrators. On July 7, the News and Observer’s Kate Murphy reported:...

COVID is propelling science as a political religion

The state of scientific rigor is in disarray. While not using these words directly, Tom Nicholson, a researcher at Duke University, said as much in his commentary published by the WSJ. In his opinion, the quality of scientific publications took a significant hit during the era of COVID-19. He cites Duke University’s complicity in what...