MARCH 6, 2010 By PETER ROBINSON During the “Strike and Day of Action to Defend Education” on Thursday, tens of thousands of students, teachers, professors and administrators marched in California and some 30 other states to protest cuts in education spending. David Patterson, a librarian at Cañada College, a community college in Redwood City, proved
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Published Sun, Feb 28, 2010 03:45 AM Modified Sun, Feb 28, 2010 12:51 AM New JROTC is a path to success from high school RALEIGH Moments after walking into Millbrook High School’s Junior ROTC room, it’s obvious that the students running the show aren’t typical high schoolers. The precocious teenagers are well-mannered. They’re hard-working. And
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If this doesn’t scare you, nothing will–pardon the pun. LL Linda Bartlett lleatwo@aol.com Progressives and the growing dependency agenda By George F. Will Sunday, February 14, 2010 Only two things are infinite — the expanding universe and Democrats’ hostility to the District of Columbia’s school choice program. Killing this small program, which benefits 1,300 mostly
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From: Martha Jenkins <> Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:44 PM Subject: New History Standards To: “jatkinson@dpi.state.nc.us” <jatkinson@dpi.state.nc.us> Secretary Atkinson, As a history major, I find the idea of reducing the time frame of US History being studied by high school juniors to be appalling. Our students are not getting nearly enough instruction in
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More info on the NC school curriculum changes from Sherri Melton. —————————— Sent: 2/4/2010 11:34:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: UPDATE -Fwd: NC Proposed Change of US History Curriculum Below is a response I received from Terry Stoops at the John Locke Foundation regarding the NC DPI’s proposal. We need to get the link for
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JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF Published: February 5, 2010 North Carolina’s stubborn refusal to add charter schools could sting the very people who have supported the 100-school limit. If that happens, it should be enough to get some state leaders thinking clearly about charter schools. The state’s application for almost $470 million of special federal-education funds is
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