As the dust settles on the landmark 2013 North Carolina legislative session, conservatives can look upon the accomplishments of the state legislature and find much to celebrate. A ... Keep Reading
Education
Common Core Demystified, Part II
In Part I of our two-part response to the Department of Public Instruction's Common Core Demystified, (CCD) we confronted DPI's claims that Common Core Standards are state-led and ... Keep Reading
WSSU and Bowman Gray Stadium: A Bad Deal
Last November, Chancellor Donald Reaves of Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) joined Nathan Hatch, the President of Wake Forest University, and Susan Pauly, president of Salem ... Keep Reading
DPI Defense of Common Core Is Mystifying – Part I
On June 13 the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released Common Core Demystified. The document was intended to quell what DPI regarded as confusion and stem the growing ... Keep Reading
The True Conservative Response on Common Core
In a misnamed article, “Common Core is a conservative victory,” Republican education reformers Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli used a recent News &Observer op-ed to try and ... Keep Reading
Why North Carolina Needs a Voucher Bill
North Carolina lawmakers have an opportunity. After spirited debate by participants on both sides of the aisle, last week members of the House Education Committee approved a bill ... Keep Reading
Expert Highlights Dangers in Common Core Standards
Last fall public schools in North Carolina along with 44 other states began implementing Common Core Standards. The standards — developed by academic experts and private trade ... Keep Reading
3 Big Errors in N&O Voucher Op-Ed
Not true – that's my response to the oped by Yevonne Brannon and Nick Rhodes in last week's News & Observer about school vouchers and their supposed harmful impacts on students ... Keep Reading
Bill Gives Students Real Choice in Education
Earlier this week Representatives Rob Bryan (R-Mecklenburg), Brian Brown (R-Pitt) and Marcus Brandon (D-Guilford) introduced HB 944, the Opportunity Scholarship Act. The ... Keep Reading
Common Core: Worse than you Think
The second of two parts. In a previous article, I highlighted questionable assumptions underlying national Common Core Standards (CCS) in English and mathematics, which in 2010 ... Keep Reading
