by Thomas Mills | Jul 23, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGOP |
Okay. Time to call bullshit. The John Locke Foundation is claiming that North Carolina has never been high in the national rankings of education spending and that the National Education Association’s claim that we are 48th in per pupil spending is near historic...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 13, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGov |
Something is wrong with the McCrory communications shop. They’ve managed to turn a one day story into a week-long saga that is now being called “ball-gate.” This is a self-inflicted PR disaster. On Monday, the governor got caught playing catch at the same time a group...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 12, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGov
It’s been a great week for baseball in North Carolina. On Sunday, N. C. State secured a place at the College World Series in Omaha. Yesterday, UNC beat South Carolina to join the Wolfpack. And on Monday, Governor Pat McCrory played catch outside the capital. The...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 22, 2013 | Education, NC Politics |
With their school voucher plan, House Republicans followed the lead of Chile’s old autocracy. Like Pinochet, they’re obeying the instructions of hard-right intellectuals–in the GOP’s case, Art Pope; in the Chileans’, the infamous “Chicago boys.” On the theory...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 17, 2013 | Democrats, Editor's Blog, Education, NC Politics, NCGOP
Last week, I wrote a blog post that basically said Democrats can’t rely on education as the single issue to lead their party out of the wilderness. This week, I’m thinking maybe I’m wrong. Bills being introduced by Republican legislators, the headlines that accompany...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 9, 2013 | Economy, Education, NC Politics, NCGA, Politics
Meet Alex Jones, our student blogger. A student at UNC-CH, he will be posting on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Governor McCrory likes grand timelines. “Mayors and governors have to budget for the long term and have to make sure they don’t get...
