Opinion
A Wiser Choice Than Preschool
Contrary to popular impression, there has never been good evidence for the notion that preschool intervention explains differences in educational attainment.
Opinion
Impact Fees: Another Solution With No Problem in Sight
The mistaken belief that growth burdens a community leads to a local government policy that creates real burdens.
Opinion
It was 20 years ago today
June 6, 1988, was a D-Day in its own way for me and about 20 reporters, editors, ad reps and circulation folks. It was the day The Chapel Hill Herald first hit the streets.
Opinion
Education Data 2008
The past 30 years have ushered in dramatic changes to American education. That’s the principal message of The Condition of Education 2008, the National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) annual compilation of education facts.
Opinion
Two Good Choices For Reading
Total participation in state school voucher and tax-credit programs exceeds 150,000 American students, and has nearly doubled in just five years.
Opinion
The Problem Of (College) Teacher Pay
My favorite provision of the state-budget proposal from the House is to rationalize the treatment of teachers and state employees on pay increases.
Opinion
The Mirage Of Energy Independence
If we could harness hypocritical hot air as an energy source, our troubles would be over.
Opinion
No Newspeak On Immigration Policy
The next time you see a newspaper or TV station refer to “undocumented workers,” you may properly conclude that it is no longer practicing news journalism.
Opinion
The Fatal, Foolish Free-Lunch Fantasy
Is there a worldwide shortage of rice? No, but rice is more scarce in some regions than it has been in recent years, and there is an ongoing debate over what the next policy steps should be. This apparent worldwide food crisis owes to a crippling confluence of wishful-thinking monetary policies and other programs that have dramatically increased the scarcity and cost of providing basic foodstuffs on which the world's poorest populations especially need for survival.
Opinion
A Session Short on Good Ideas
If lawmakers want to improve North Carolina's public schools, they ought to look beyond policies that have failed in the past.
Opinion
Just Calm Down & Study The Numbers
I’m about to throw a pile of numbers at you, so be forewarned. I promise there will be few sharp edges or odoriferous objects.
Opinion
Homeschooling Grows Up
No longer in the throes of adolescence, North Carolina’s homeschooling movement celebrated its 20th birthday this year. Much has changed since the General Assembly moved to legalize homeschooling in 1988. Here and across the nation, the homeschooling movement has grown in stature and popularity – defying stereotypes and occasionally, disarming critics.
