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Dalton pokes McCrory on education

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:49:07 +0000

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton, one of three announced Democratic candidates for governor, jabbed Republican candidate Pat McCrory Thursday during a visit to a community college in McCrory's backyard.

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Lawmakers take session expenses

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:49:05 +0000

Forty-four of the state's 170 legislators were paid $104 a day for all three days they were in session last week in which no votes were recorded and each chamber…

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Editorial: State must include education as it confronts its forced sterilization program

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Gov. Bev Perdue's task force on compensation for the state's forced sterilization program has made several good recommendations, including $50,000 for each living victim. But what's gotten hardly any attention is another important recommendation it made: that public-education initiatives be set up so that the myriad mistakes of the program will never be repeated.

Black Philanthropy Initiative grants focus on education

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:35:33 +0000

The Black Philanthropy Initiative gave a boost to local education efforts Thursday, announcing more than $17,000 in grants to help minority students fill out higher education applications, write news, gain access to audiobooks and more.

In Depth: Carley Ruff, NC Housing Coalition

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:26:15 +0000

A new report is highlighting the lack of affordable housing both in North Carolina and nationally.

Plastics manufacturer to open facility and add 140 jobs in Mocksville

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:17:04 +0000

Gov. Bev Perdue said today that Carolina Precision Plastics LLC will open a new facility in Mocksville.

Payroll tax cut steals from Social Security trust fund

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

From an editorial in Tuesday's High Point Enterprise: You're not paying now, but you will pay later.

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Editorial: Obama's budget falls short on facing the debt

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

This editorial ran last week in The Charlotte Observer.

John Hood: What happened to the jobs debate?

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Remember when the Republican-crafted North Carolina budget passed over Gov. Beverly Perdue's veto last summer? Liberal activists predicted economic disaster. By failing to extend a sales-tax increase, and by balancing the state's General Fund with budget savings rather than tax increases, the General Assembly had supposedly damaged North Carolina's job market by shoving tens of thousands of workers into unemployment.

Editorial: Less Forsyth tax revenue demands compromise in budget

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

After six years without a property tax rate increase and following a mild real estate recession, compared to other parts of the country, Forsyth County's luck may be running out. The county could be facing a significant tax increase in 2013-14 because of lower home values.

Budget lines

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:00:00 +0000

The confrontations are so predictable at this point that many Americans could map out the battlefields ahead of time. It's no different with President Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion federal budget…

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Under pressure, State Board of Education reviewing charter applications

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

"Somehow, we need to find a way to make connections" between the charter schools and traditional public schools "and see that we're in this thing together," said William Harrison, Perdue's appointee as State Board of Education chairman. by Bob Geary The nine remaining fast-track applications for new charter schools this year sped into the State Board of Education's purview last week, resulting in some soul-searching about what to do with them. Board members were clear that the General Assembly has given them little choice: They must approve all or most of the applicants or face the wrath of Republican legislators who very nearly eliminated the board from the decision-making process when they wrote Senate Bill 8 last year.…

Texting, social media prove problematic for teachers across the country

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

In a world that includes 24-hour access to communication — cellphones, text messaging, social media websites, email — the question of whether teachers should text their students is one of the most thorny and divisive facing educators, experts say.

Education brings freedom, activist tells students

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:01:33 +0000

Freedom doesn't count for much without an education, because "you can't be free in America" when you're broke, a civil rights activist, Marquette University professor and education reformer told local students recently.

Charter schools don't necessarily provide a better education

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

As North Carolina plunges headlong into the charter school business, it's hard to tell whether any of the serious issues that surround charter schools will matter much in the application process. by Bob Geary That picture you carry in your mind's eye of a public school system? Set it aside.…