Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper has a lead of roughly 5,000 votes in his attempt to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, and Cooper was quick to claim victory Tuesday night, telling supporters, “We have won this race.” Not so fast, the governor’s team responded. “Currently, there are tens of thousands of outstanding absentee, military,...
A teacher, a lawyer, and a doctor all say North Carolina needs a new leader in the state’s highest elected position for education policy, and are laying claims to why they should be at the helm. GOP candidates Mark Johnson, Rosemary Fernandez Stein, and J. Wesley Sills are vying for State Superintendent of Public Instruction...
John Hood on unemployment stats; Terry Stoops, Jerry Tillman and June Atkinson on Common Core; Jay Schalin on scant reform scrutiny for higher ed; Gene Chianelli on N.C.'s historic tax reform; Roy Cordato on protecting freedom with local policies
Rick Henderson on nutrition board's regulatory power; lawmakers react to June Atkinson's comments on performance pay for teachers; John Hood on roadblocks to economic reform; Bob Geolas on RTP's future; Terry Stoops on need for choice in K-12 education
RALEIGH — A Christian legal organization has refuted a claim by State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson that the Governor's School of North Carolina is not a public school required to adhere to the state's abstinence-only sexual education program. Related Governor's School Articles: CJ: Atkinson says Gov.'s School 'not public' CJ: Gay seminar teacher fired CJ: Gay seminar teacher investigated CJ: Group says 'Gay Teenager' seminar illegal CJ: 'New Gay Teenager' seminar upsets parents
