COLUMN: Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of educational freedom
My eight-year-old daughter Abby recently started reading "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was prompted, in part, by watching the "Little House on the Prairie" television episodes with her great-aunt. Coincidentally, I have been reading more lately about some of the key women in history who promoted the ideals of individual freedom, limited government, non-coercion, and voluntary cooperation through trade. Rose Wilder Lane is one of these women. She was born on this day in 1886.
Charter school supporters concerned about Leandro Commission
RALEIGH — Proponents of charter schools worry the Governor’s Commission on Access to a Sound Basic Education will use the Leandro ruling as a roundabout way to restrict charter schools. The most recent commission meeting, Monday, Oct. 14, didn’t allay those concerns.
First-year look at ISD school shows there’s work to be done
RALEIGH — As the Innovative School District’s first and only school, Southside Ashpole Elementary has a lot to live up to in terms of academic progress. An early evaluation of the inaugural school shows much work is needed.
COLUMN: Change how we pay teachers
About this time last year, progressive activists and Democratic politicians were trumpeting the news that North Carolina was 49th in the country in friendliness to teachers, according to a study by the website WalletHub. The state’s low ranking proved that Republicans disliked public education, they alleged.
Fate of charter schools taking larger role at Leandro commission
RALEIGH — The Governor’s Commission on Access to a Sound Basic Education wants to talk about charter schools and how they may fit in the debate over how to implement the Leandro ruling.
GUEST EDITORIAL: GOP, Dems both losing tug-of-war over teachers
When school begins on Monday, bus drivers will have their routes, students will have their class schedules and coaches will have their fall sports rosters — but teachers still won’t know how much they’ll be paid.
Governor vetoes Excellent Public Schools Act, Senate leader’s priority
RALEIGH — Three days. Three vetoes.
Gov. Roy Cooper announced late Friday, Aug. 23, that he vetoed Senate Bill 438, the Excellent Public School Act of 2019.
State to spend more money for iPads to aid literacy instruction
RALEIGH — More money and iPads are coming to K-3 classrooms to bolster literacy instruction, but critics question the methods used to improve reading scores.
New UNCP students encouraged to ‘be resilient’
PEMBROKE — Jovian Zayne shared her personal story of beating the odds and becoming an international public speaker with UNC Pembroke’s Class of 2023.
Budget impasse frustrates preparation for financial literacy course
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s failure to pass a budget could affect a state-mandated financial literacy course requirement for all public high schools.
