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State voters still closely split
Few state electorates are closer to the national average in partisanship and ideology than North Carolina’s electorate is.
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Placing the ‘national average’ debate in context
If we want N.C. teacher pay to reach the "national average," it makes sense to know how private-sector workers compare to their counterparts across the country.
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Elections matter
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Celebrity justice
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Education needs choice and competition
Quite apart from the salutary effects of fitting individual students to the schools best suited for them, competition improves the quality of education provided.
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‘The university of the people’
Since January 2016, the University of North Carolina system has had two “permanent” presidents and two interim leaders (including current Interim President Dr. Bill Roper). In recent months, UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt left in a huff, taking the Confederate memorial “Silent Sam” down on her way out. East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil Staton...
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Mayday!
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When parental involvement is too much of a good thing
There’s a new twist to an ongoing debate — this one about parents and the students they create. This fall a “We Are Teachers” blog post, lamenting an upsurge in over-involved parents, went viral, eliciting coverage from myriad media outlets and the national teachers’ union. Written anonymously by a middle school teacher, the post described “lawnmower parents,” so named...
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I’d like to report a mugging
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Slam dunk
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Be prudent with state budget
After years of outpacing the national and regional averages in job creation, North Carolina's economy posted lackluster job growth in 2018.
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Gerrymandering, baseball back in the headlines this week
Recent debates about N.C. election districts remind one observer of the scandal surrounding slugger Barry Bonds.
