Opinion
Carolinian championed freedom for all
John Jacobs and his successors were fighting not to undermine the American republic but to fulfill its promise — to redeem the “promissory note.”
Opinion
Children are the greatest blessing, and they’re pure entertainment
“The family is the fountainhead of all mental and moral influence,” declared the famous abolitionist Frederik Douglass.
Opinion
Former slave blazed trail for writers
Pure, unadulterated freedom is what Harriet Jacobs and so many other North Carolinians were long denied. Pure, unadulterated freedom is the goal for which so many fought, sometime paying the ultimate price.
Opinion
Who decides what public schools teach?
I don’t write much about what happens inside of the classroom simply because there is so little information about it. Content standards adopted by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction outline the sequence, topics, and learning goals for each grade and subject. Curricula and instructional decisions are made on the district, school, and departmental levels....
