diversity

"We have people who are not from the area, don't share our values, who are the majority on the school board," Meeker said during the meeting. School board members "are taking steps ... Keep Reading

Earlier today I blogged that Rev. Barber and three others (Mary Williams, Tim Tyson and Nancy Petty) arrested at last night’s Wake County school board meeting, may have won ... Keep Reading

For all the talk about diversity at Wake County school board meetings, it is hard to ignore the lack of diversity among diversity supporters. The adjacent picture from Wednesday’s ... Keep Reading

In a letter-to-the-Editor published earlier this week in the News & Observer, Wake County School Board member Kevin Hill took me to task for ignoring the scores of white ... Keep Reading

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle lost a valued member last Friday when John Tedesco stepped down from his position as Chief Development officer to devote time to his ... Keep Reading

Yesterday’s marathon and raucous Wake County School Board meeting climaxed with a decisive vote to end the use of socio-economic status in assigning students to schools. Board ... Keep Reading

There are interest groups who always express outrage when religious leaders weigh in on a political topic. They immediately start shouting about separation of church and state and ... Keep Reading

This N&O article details a forum held at N.C. State in which "A group of Triangle academics pulled up research and data Wednesday as they urged the Wake County school board not ... Keep Reading

With the Wake County School Board set to vote on Tuesday on a resolution calling for community-based school assignments to replace economic diversity, proponents of the diversity ... Keep Reading

If you do away with Wake’s use of diversity in school assignment decisions, the district will inevitably segregate into two different systems. That’s a favorite non sequitur of the ... Keep Reading