AltWeeklies Wire
U.S. History According to Charles Kochnew
The conservative billionaire could be teaching your kids.
Tags: Charles Koch
Wake County Goes to Hellnew
Del Burns' abrupt resignation as Wake County's superintendent of schools made things clear: The county is in crisis. The Wake school system, lauded as among the best in the nation, is in mortal danger from the newly elected school board majority and its right-wing backers.
Rich Kid, Poor Kid: Diversity Takes a Backseat in Wake Schoolsnew
If adopted, Wake County Board of Education member John Tedesco's plan would replace the current fluid system of school assignment zones and magnet schools with fixed community boundaries that would be, in all but name, separate districts in a fractured county.
The Wake School Board's Conservative Bloc Grabs Powernew
Three days after their tumultuous debut on the Wake County Board of Education, the four newly elected members were briefed by the board's attorney on local meeting protocols and requirements of the state's Open Public Meetings Law.
Tags: school board, politics
N.C. Governor's School Under Pressure from Anti-Gay Groupnew
Tanya Olson, whose elective course on sexuality drew the ire of the Alliance Defense Fund, was denied a teaching position at Governor's School this summer after six years there.
Home-school: Not a Revolution, but a Movementnew
We joined the ranks of home-schoolers a year ago, with my middle son (then a rising fifth-grader) as the guinea pig -- things went so well that we subsequently withdrew our two youngest daughters from first grade and pre-school in January.
Sex-ed Proposal Moves Forward in North Carolinanew
Abstinence-only advocates decry inclusion of contraception.
Tags: Education
UNC Inc.new
Ignoring its mission, our university raised tuition as its hospital reduced access for the poor -- while rewarding leaders with big bonuses.
Tags: Education
Teaching Over MySpacenew
Prof. Tom Hoban says the social networking site is ideal for his sociology class, but the administration says it's the wrong space for teaching.
