Cover

• Gangs in N.C. schools
• Bowles has business tie to trustee

North Carolina

• Privaris founder says Watson demanded ownership, page 4
• Former DENR official sentenced, page 5
• Candidates avoid position on culinary school, page 6

Education

• New parent-friendly tratings grade school districts low, page 9
• Kristen Blair commentary: Leave this law behind, page 9
• Agricultural-oriented school project fills need, page 10
• More at Four gets more millions despite no proof it works, page 11
• Is N.C.’s ABCs program as good as DPI claims? page 12

Higher Education

• Publishers and students vie to decide textbook prices, page 13
• Jane Shaw commentary: Chancellors respond to UNC Tomorrow, page 13
• Bats in the Belltower, page 14
• Paper urges student activism, but are ‘millenials’ ready? page 14
• Issues in Higher Education

Local Government

• Which one is the real Greensboro P.D.? page 16
• Mental health officials ‘turned off’ key controls, page 17
• Chad Adams commentary: Green agenda has costs as well as benefits, page 17
• Local Innovation Bulletin Board, page 18
• From Cherokee to Currituck, page 18

Learning Curve

• Book review: Robert Patton’s Patriot Pirates, page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: William Linkhaw fined one penny for hollering a joyful noise, page 21
• Book review: Charles Sprading’s Liberty and the Great Libertarians, page 22
• Book review: Michio Kaku’s Physics of the Possible, page 23

Opinion

• David Bass commentary: Carolina on his mind, page 24
• Editorial: ‘User-pay’ is best transit approach, page 24
• Editorial: Realism in transit, page 25
• Editorial: A judicial spanking, page 25
• John Hood commentary: Anybody interested in auto insurance reform? page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Consumers and gas prices, page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: Open government means full disclosure, page 27
• Letter to the editor, page 27

Parting Shot

CJ Parody: Easley press aide to head National Enquirer bureau, page 28