Cover

• ‘Direct instruction’ hangs up charter’s bid
• Some see double standard as schools bend for Islam

North Carolina

• Parton Theatre marketing dollars never materialized, page 4
• ‘Seriously flawed’ analysis hurts climate debate, page 5

Education

• Learn-Earn schools inspired by one-romm schoolhouses, page 9
• Kristen Blair commentary: Standardizing mediocrity, page 9
• School-enrollment levels puzzle officials, page 10
• Report: Longer class time doesn’t guarantee results, page 11

Higher Education

• UNC-CH wants Moeser successor by June, page 12
• Marx, Mao, and Mischief at UNC, page 13
• Jane Shaw commentary: Insights from the past, page 13
• Bats in the Belltower, page 14
• UNC System one step closer to new admission standards, page 14
• Issues in Higher Education, page 15

Local Government

• Courts clarify traffic-stop constitutionality, page 16
• Water and emotional subject, especially during scarcity, page 17
• Chad Adams commentary: Stop wasteful spending, page 17
• From Cherokee to Currituck, page 18
• Local Innovation Bulletin Board, page 18
• Forced-annexation residents question golf course, page 19

Learning Curve

• Book review: The Late Great U.S.A. by Jerome Corsi, page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: What is history? Not as easy a question to answer as you’d think, page 21
• Book review: What Do Unions Do? by James Bennett and Bruce Kaufman, page 22

Opinion

• Paul Chesser commentary: Climate change’s gaping holes, page 24
• Editorial: Most water policies all wet, page 24
• Editorial: Stephens’ ruling correct, page 25
• Editorial: Capitalism’s obit premature, page 25
• John Hood commentary: Hey, kids, let’s put on a show! page 25
• Mike Walden commentary: What is a recession, and are we in one, page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: Road-funding bill needed more legislative discussion, page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: The Summer of Love — Did the ’60s change the world? page 27

Parting Shot

• Easley creates ‘Excellence in Perpetuity’ program (a CJ parody, page 28