Articles in This Series: The fifth recommendation in the Civitas Institute 2010 Agenda: “20 Changes for 2010: A Primer for State Reform” focuses on reducing threats ... Keep Reading
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“Summa Theologica” without Theologica
Yesterday in my Philosophy of Law class at NC State, I learned some very important things. The course’s objective is to better answer the question “what is law?” through readings ... Keep Reading
Draft DPI Standards Promote Abortion Rights
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has proposed draft Essential Standards in the Social Studies: Civics and Economics that ask students to use three Supreme Court ... Keep Reading
NC’s Race to the Top: more questions
North Carolina’s 193 page application for $459 million in Race to the Top funds is available on the Governor’s web site. It’s not scintillating reading, but probably ... Keep Reading
A funding crisis in public education? What crisis?
Jim Guthrie and & Arthur Peng have a most interesting article (The Phony Funding Crisis) in the latest issue of one of my favorite periodicals, Education Next. Instead of ... Keep Reading
Gurley leads review of SAS report
Does the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) create lower expectations for minority students to improve school performance? That’s a question Wake County Commissioners’ ... Keep Reading
A Single Seed Grows Many Branches: ACORN’s Web of Connections in North Carolina
A Single Seed Grows Many Branches: ACORN’s Web of Connections in North Carolina The Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) has woven itself into the fabric ... Keep Reading
Burr In Better Shape Than Polls Show
State and national blogs have been all abuzz with headlines referencing U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's (R-NC) potential vulnerability citing new polling information released by Civitas ... Keep Reading
More Open Seats for 2010
Seven additional seats in the General Assembly (three in the House, four in the Senate) have recently come open either through members retiring mid-term, or announcing they would ... Keep Reading
A Misleading Report from the CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began a task force to analyze 83 studies of contraceptive-based sexual education programs. The report concludes that ... Keep Reading
