While the media will be focusing on union activists at today’s teacher march, I’ll be thinking about a young man named Junior. In 2016, a sobering documentary titled “Raising Bertie” highlighted the educational and economic challenges of young people growing up in Bertie County. The film followed the lives of three young African-American boys over...
Lawmakers are under no obligation to address a gubernatorial veto quickly. Political strategy could play a role.
As a risk-management device, the current bail system lacks precision in that it imposes costs on some of the wrong people and fails adequately to restraint some of the right people.
One in three internet users worldwide is a child under 18, estimates show. Expect that figure to rise as smart toys and all sorts of smart devices fuel constant connection. How will personal data, collected today, be used tomorrow? Answers are evolving. In a marketplace where information is money, privacy should be protected at every turn. Invasive or...
We got lucky. By we I mean my family, which includes my wife and twin boys, who are now 16. They have never attended a traditional public school. They haven’t attended a private school, either. But that’s the great thing about freedom of choice. It gives North Carolina parents options, in this case the ability...
