Cover

• BLS: Perdue violated jobs data agreement
• Questions remain about Perdue flight operations

North Carolina

• UNC-CH profit centers could be in IRS crosshairs, Page 2
• N.C. Council of State races ripe for brisk competition in 2012, Page 3
• Petition only chance to resurrect MJ bill, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Red Oak won’t benefit from N.C.’s new microbrewery law, Page 5
• State lawmakers may get tablets to replace outdated laptops, Page 6

Education

• Education expert assails slow pace of public school reform, Page 7
• Kristen Blair commentary: Don’t forget digital dossier, Page 7
• School districts struggle with how to add new school days, Page 8
• Republicans hope to capture state’s top education office in 2012, Page 9

Higher Education

• Conservative Breitbart rips academia at UNC, Page 17
• Albert Oettinger Jr. commentary: Why I no longer give to Duke, Page 17
• Bauerlein: A lot of academic research is waste, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: Buckley’s God and Man at Yale misunderstood 60 years later, Page 19

Local Government

• Auditor calls foul on NCHSAA pension arrangement, Page 10
• Appeals court clarifies when employees can sue for libel, Page 11
• Chad Adams commentary: Schrodinger’s Commissioner, Page 11
• Wilmington developers want new hotel locations limited, Page 12
• From the Newsstands, Page 12
• Cities sue, claiming annexation reform denies voting rights, Page 13

Learning Curve

• Book review: Folsom’s book portrays FDR as devious opportunist, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: N.C. entertainers profiled on N.C. History Project website, Page 21
• Book review: Painting overtaken by events, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Rice’s second book, No Higher Honor, as good as her first, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: Flight plan clear as mud, Page 24
• Mitch Kokai commentary: The right recipe for the poorest of the poor, Page 24
• Editorial: Governor ‘no,’ Page 25
• Editorial: Otherwise occupied, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: A case for firing teachers, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: The credit crunch, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: Positive momentum from 2011, Page 27
• Daren Bakst commentary: Wind power and subsidies, Page 27

Parting Shot

• Federal officials target surplus Christmas trees (a CJ parody), Page 28