Cover

• Fund seeks minority charter leaders
• Redistricting suits could jumble 2012 primaries

North Carolina

• Commissary rule still stalls food truck ministry, Page 2
• Various employment reports differ widely on job estimates, Page 3
• N.C. State Bar goes after LegalZoom site, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Legislative panel pushes privatization at community colleges, Page 5
• Obama’s $34.6 million ‘veterans’ initiative funds transit call centers, Page 6
• ‘B Corps’ firms seek to mix responsibility with profit seeking, Page 15

Education

• Study finds mixed results from charter management groups, Page 7
• Terry Stoops commentary: Remembering the ‘Forgotten Half,’ Page 7
• Teacher-investors put charter school on the map, Page 8
• Charter school hopefuls active during early application period, Page 9

Higher Education

• Belmont Abbey curriculum gets inspiration from past, Page 17
• George Leef commentary: The New Yorker attacks!, Page 17
• Scholars at Baylor tackle crisis of the humanities, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: Could an apprenticeship model improve higher education?, Page 19

Local Government

• Dems do well in ’11 municipal elections, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• Businessweek gives Elon’s MBA part-time program top ranking, Page 11
• Michael Lowrey: Need a downtown boost? Sponsor an IndyCar race, Page 11
• Condo ruling on refunds may scuttle large new projects, Page 12
• County Notes, Page 12
• State’s justices to revisit felons’ ability to regain gun rights, Page 13

Learning Curve

• Book review: Isaacson reveals the many layers of Steve Jobs, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: Our public servants have strayed from republican principles, Page 21
• Book review: One Nation will make you angry, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Andrews: Responsibility movement key to U.S.’s next century, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: The $3.8 billion question, Page 24
• David N. Bass commentary: Diapers for 26-year-olds, Page 24
• Editorial: Look north, Page 25
• Editorial: Off the rails, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Swear off the bubble gum, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Should you ‘buy local’?, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: Eventful year for new majority, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Gingrich and political dynamics, Page 27

Parting Shot

• Perdue announces official response to Occupiers (a CJ parody), Page 28