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Measuring value added is essential
Some North Carolina teachers have strongly objected to the use of value-added assessments for evaluating schools, instructional practices, and teachers themselves.
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Are congressional Republicans the gang that can’t shoot straight?
Watching from outside of the Washington Beltway, it seems the Republican leadership in Congress is incapable of organizing a two-car funeral, let alone enacting major reform or passing significant legislation. Exhibit No. 1 is the pathetic attempt by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to repeal and...
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Grab the hook
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The General Assembly needs a to-do list, and here it is
The General Assembly reconvenes Friday for another special session, primarily designated for redistricting business. There will be proposed legislative maps, public hearings, lots of debate and, I predict, an almost straight party-line vote on newly drawn — per court order — legislative districts. These maps and the expected discussion will take up most of the news cycle. There will be debates...
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The times, they are a-changin’
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There’s no such thing as a universal right to health care
The power to grant a right to health care is the right to deny it. Anyone who doubts the universal truth of this statement need look no further than the case of 11-month-old British citizen Charlie Gard, who had been on life support with a rare brain disease and recently passed. In November, Charlie’s parents petitioned the British government,...
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Tough spot
Opinion
Plastic bag ban should go
A major reason why paper bags are more expensive than plastic ones is that it takes about 40 times as much energy to make and transport the paper ones.
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Essentials
Opinion
The disturbing trend of erasing history
It doesn't make sense to pretend that now-tainted events never took place.
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