RALEIGH — There’s much tradition associated with the office of president of the United States. That wasn’t true back in 1791, when the first president, George Washington, was serving his first term. Washington’s decision to tour Southern states that year set an interesting precedent for his successors. Warren Bingham’s book about Washington’s Southern tour of 1791 is scheduled for publication in 2014. He discussed his research with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
RALEIGH — You might know him as the first American president, the father of our country, the top Revolutionary War general, or just the guy on the quarter and the dollar bill. But it’s worth your time to learn more about George Washington as one of history’s great leaders. That’s the argument Mark McNeilly puts forward in the book George Washington and the Art of Business: The Leadership Principles of America’s First Commander-in-Chief. McNeilly is a longtime marketing executive and an adjunct professor of marketing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He discussed Washington’s leadership skills with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
The group that helped block a Navy landing field in Washington and Beaufort counties offers inspiration to others fighting for property rights.
WASHINGTON, DC — In this, its fifth annual report on state high-school exit exams, the Center for Education Policy delivers no big news but lots of interesting snippets. The exit exam boom is slowing down. Of the schools participating, flexibility is the growing practice.
WASHINGTON, DC — The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently examined the effectiveness of the free-tutoring provision of NCLB. And although the fault falls on all levels of participation, there are some silver linings : free tutoring is gaining traction.
WASHINGTON, DC — Good teachers form the foundation of good schools, and improving teachers' skills and knowledge is one of the most important investments of time and money that we make in education.
State governments have a combined $17.5 billion deficit this year, and want Washington to bail them out. North Carolina is in a different boat — but ours is sinking, too, just not this year.
