State's and newspaper's analysis of teacher pay ignorantly fails to account for cost-of-living adjustments among states.
Whomever succeeds Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve will wield considerable clout over the economy.
Members of a new state task force on teacher licensure and retention are downplaying the potential effects of a controversial bill on out-of-state teachers. They are right — there is a broader question.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Education released the "Nation's Report Card": state-by-state results from the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Did American public schools make the grade? The answer is an unsatisfying "not really."
Congress rushed to approve $62 billion in “emergency” Katrina relief, but most of the money remains unspent or uncommitted. A little less haste on Capitol Hill would have been in order — as a NC representative argued.
Two political leaders, one in Raleigh and one in Washington, are facing a barrage of questions and concerns. The specifics may differ, but the phenomenon displays similar characteristics.
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A recent article on the clutter 'phenomenon' in many American homes reminds me that clutter has a few lessons to teach us about wealth, production, and markets.Acquisitive behavior is not a problem in itself—it's a happy marker for the fact that incomes and living standards in our society—even for the poor—have risen.
It’s quite possible that political history will be made in NC and the nation in 2008 — but it would be a sign of progress if we didn’t fixate on it.
A new poll appears to show that North Carolinians are more optimistic and less disaffected with their political leadership than the nation as a whole is. Here’s what lies beneath some of the numbers.
WASHINGTON, DC — "Case Studies of Supplemental Services Under the No Child Left Behind Act: Findings from 2003-04," a new report by the Department's Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, examines the implementation of these services.
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