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Center for Civil Rights releases report on Halifax schools

The UNC Center for Civil Rights just released a report on segregation in schools (and more) in Halifax County, one of the state’s poorer places. [...]

Marching in Raleigh

Live video from Raleigh via WRAL
July 20, 2010 | Posted in: Current Events, Education | Tags: , , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Thoughtful school standards

Some very useful words published in The Daily Texan from UT grad and philosophy and political science professor David Williams on the new textbook standards [...]
June 20, 2010 | Posted in: Current Events, Education | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Reaping the idiot bounty

A friend of mine who is kind of a big deal in education reform has been warning me for years that the decline of civic [...]
September 4, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Education | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Lots of luck

Once or twice a year, usually on long road trips, I buy a scratch off ticket. I think I’ve bought an NC lottery ticket twice, [...]
December 29, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy, Education | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Science and politics redux

A weird moment this morning when I was reading this post from Josh Marshall about another warped science=politics moment. This one involving a state Rep [...]
February 16, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, Education, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Real Estate Taxes and School Construction

A legislative committee looking at school construction needs heard proposed legislation this morning that would set up an new array of potential revenue streams for [...]
January 9, 2007 | Posted in: Education, Legislation, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Morning Post: Bonds a comin’

Looks like 2008 is shaping up to be a big year for a bond referendum. Already there are efforts to build the case for bond [...]
January 8, 2007 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy, Education, Environment, Higher Ed, Morning Post, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink