- Metal detector manpowerWINSTON-SALEM (August 29, 2024) – There is nothing so fundamental as for children to walk into their school safely every day. A day after a school-resource officer took a 9mm handgun ...Read more
- DerelictRALEIGH (August 22, 2024) – There’s no reason North Carolina’s community colleges should be staring at budget deficits when the state is sitting on a billion-dollar surplus. Yet they are. And it’s ...Read more
- Choice – at the expense of public schoolsRALEIGH (August 15, 2024) – Republican state legislators want to spend hundreds of millions more of our tax dollars on vouchers for students to attend private schools. Bills passed separately this ...Read more
- Surprise, surprise: Roberts named UNC-CH chancellorRALEIGH (August 9, 2024) – In an announcement that surprised absolutely no one, the UNC Board of Governors named interim chancellor and former Board of Governors member Lee Roberts today ...Read more
- READY, READY: Very big ideas for early childhoodBy Leslie Boney GREENSBORO (July 24, 2024) – A surprisingly large experiment is ramping up surprisingly quietly in Guilford County. If it’s successful, it could change the way we think about public ...Read more
- Ready, Ready: Listening to parentsBy Leslie Boney GREENSBORO (July 24, 2024) – It’s two weeks after the birth of her son, Jacob, and Emily Clemmer is worried. Jacob hasn’t taken to breastfeeding and she doesn’t know ...Read more
- North Carolina: Don’t miss out on funding your futureBy Andrea Poole RALEIGH (July 24, 2024) – Most students in North Carolina rely on financial aid to make paying for college more manageable, and financial aid works best when families ...Read more
- READY READY: LessonsBy Leslie Boney GREENSBORO (July 31, 2024) – It will be hard for any community to match the private investment that has gone into creating Guilford County’s “Ready for School, Ready ...Read more
- READY, READY: Will employers support families?By Leslie Boney GREENSBORO (July 31, 2024) – The Ready for School, Ready for Life initiative in Guilford County has brought together private foundations, nonprofits, the health department, educators, physicians, parents, ...Read more
- Public education does the public goodRALEIGH (July 11, 2024) – Amid an intense discussion of education options in North Carolina, the NC School Boards Association launched a campaign this week with a simple message: Public ...Read more