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NCGA overrides vetoes of carbon bill, privacy act
The Power Bill Reduction Act and the Personal Privacy Protection Act were passed into law following NCGA overrides of Gov. Stein's vetoes.
Opinion
Middle school girl to lawmakers: Please don’t make me room with a boy
It's time to protect women and girls by passing the Women’s Safety and Protection Act.
News
ACLU criticizes UNC Chancellor for cooperating with ICE
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina has criticized UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts's comments earlier this week, in which he indicated he intends to comply with federal law and ICE officials.
Opinion
Legal experts: Stein misled the public on ‘bullying’ case brief
What is the role of schools disciplining students for speech off-campus?
Opinion
Shifting N.C. Supreme Court lineup could have impact on campus transparency
The U.S. Supreme Court's unwillingness to take up a public records case from North Carolina means a closely split state court decision stands.
News
Gold Mine of Student Data Helpful, But Includes Risks
RALEIGH — If the new system is transparent, it will be a gold mine for social science research. Knowing the annual academic performance of each child in the state from preschool on will give researchers a powerful tool to investigate long-term educational outcomes that previously were impossible to track.
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Parents Chafe At National Student-Tracking Database
RALEIGH — The Shared Learning Infrastructure, built over the past 18 months, stores millions of K-12 student records identified by name, address, race/ethnicity, economic status, guardian, primary language, grade, test scores, attendance, school and non-school activities, and much more. Even Social Security numbers sometimes are collected and stored.
News
Reports Rate Freedoms on Campus
RALEIGH — Two recent reports sound warnings about freedom on campuses. A report by the American Association of University Professors centers on threats to academic freedom since 9/11. And a report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education finds a lack of knowledge of the First Amendment protection of religious liberty. A majority of students said they would allow religious individuals to spread their religious beliefs only if they did not give offense in doing so. Administrators were split on the issue.
Opinion
The Trouble with Title IX
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 purports to guarantee nondiscrimination in education. Nevertheless, it has been subject to a succession of bureaucratic "interpretations" that have practically twisted it into the legal trappings of a quota system. It may now be poised for reform.
Opinion
Of Title IX and 30 years of bureaucratic miasma
Just from reading the preamble to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, one would not suspect it was the preamble to 30 years’ of controversy, fights over interpretation, compliance tests, and the noxious slew of bureaucratic miasma that followed: “No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid.”
