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Education, while a privilege and not a right in America, is a fundamental necessity to sustaining a more purposeful existence. Therefore, it is most necessary that individuals take a more active interest in educating themselves and their children.

The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has finally unveiled the first draft of proposed revisions to the state’s Healthful Living Standards, which encompass both Physical and Health Education.
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has finally unveiled the first draft of proposed revisions to the state’s Healthful Living Standards, which encompass both Physical and Health Education.
 
Parents of two students expelled from the Charlotte Latin private school are asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against the school. The parents complain about a "political" shift at the school in 2021.
Parents of two students expelled from the Charlotte Latin private school are asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against the school. The parents complain about a "political" shift at the school in 2021.
 
Last August the State Board of Education approved a 6-month delay in the standards revision timeline for Healthful Living Standards. Under the timeline, the first draft of the new standards was scheduled to be released in February 2023.
Last August the State Board of Education approved a 6-month delay in the standards revision timeline for Healthful Living Standards. Under the timeline, the first draft of the new standards was scheduled to be released in February 2023.
 
A 28-year-old woman from Honduras who illegally entered the U.S. attended a Louisiana high school for an entire academic year using fake documents to pose as a 17-year-old, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff said Wednesday.
A 28-year-old woman from Honduras who illegally entered the U.S. attended a Louisiana high school for an entire academic year using fake documents to pose as a 17-year-old, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff said Wednesday.
 
Tensions boiled over Tuesday night outside a California school board meeting where officials were discussing efforts to celebrate Pride month, with parents and activists squaring off against masked Antifa members.
Tensions boiled over Tuesday night outside a California school board meeting where officials were discussing efforts to celebrate Pride month, with parents and activists squaring off against masked Antifa members.
 
The top lawyer for an embattled Northern Virginia school district has emerged as a central villain in the coverup of a bathroom rape by a skirt-wearing boy, even though he narrowly avoided an indictment in May.
The top lawyer for an embattled Northern Virginia school district has emerged as a central villain in the coverup of a bathroom rape by a skirt-wearing boy, even though he narrowly avoided an indictment in May.
 
Arguments about the proposed School of Civic Life and Leadership are about politics, not process.
Arguments about the proposed School of Civic Life and Leadership are about politics, not process.
 
Oklahoma approved the first religious charter school in the U.S. on Monday.
 
The University of Austin hopes to upend the existing higher-education model.
The University of Austin hopes to upend the existing higher-education model.
 
Reclaiming foundational ideas is as important as bulking up career preparation.
 
“Just put a family that’s been through hell through more of this… when is the healing going to begin?”
“Just put a family that’s been through hell through more of this… when is the healing going to begin?”
 
Should a eugenicist’s name be removed from the chapel he built? It’s complicated.
Should a eugenicist’s name be removed from the chapel he built? It’s complicated.
 
Sixteen private schools in Durham and Cumberland counties are seeking more than $25,000 from the plaintiffs and lawyers in a recently dismissed lawsuit targeting Opportunity Scholarships.
Sixteen private schools in Durham and Cumberland counties are seeking more than $25,000 from the plaintiffs and lawyers in a recently dismissed lawsuit targeting Opportunity Scholarships.
 
In North Carolina and elsewhere, the source is university schools of education.
 
A number of significant bills have made “crossover” in North Carolina's current legislative session.
A number of significant bills have made “crossover” in North Carolina's current legislative session.
 
A Duke physician pushes back against the racism-as-a-public-health-crisis narrative.
 
The University of North Carolina System says it could face a "massive liability" if students from UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State University win their lawsuit over challenged student fees. The dispute sits at the N.C. Supreme Court.
The University of North Carolina System says it could face a "massive liability" if students from UNC Chapel Hill and N.C. State University win their lawsuit over challenged student fees. The dispute sits at the N.C. Supreme Court.
 
An unfolding legal saga at the UNC-System institution may expose dramatic threats to free speech.
An unfolding legal saga at the UNC-System institution may expose dramatic threats to free speech.
 
Opponents of school choice claim that private schools are unaccountable because they don’t have to satisfy every testing mandate required of traditional public schools, yet private schools are subject to the highest standard of accountability: parents
Opponents of school choice claim that private schools are unaccountable because they don’t have to satisfy every testing mandate required of traditional public schools, yet private schools are subject to the highest standard of accountability: parents
 
HB 931 will improve campus debates and ban flagrantly ideological hiring.
 
Children in grades K-3 in North Carolina have surpassed the rest of the nation when it comes to their early-literacy skills. That’s according to N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, who shared the news at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
Children in grades K-3 in North Carolina have surpassed the rest of the nation when it comes to their early-literacy skills. That’s according to N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, who shared the news at Tuesday’s Council of State meeting.
 
All families in North Carolina would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship Program under a bill that moved through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
All families in North Carolina would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship Program under a bill that moved through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
 
Senate Bill 49 would affirm parental rights and protect parents’ authority to make decisions regarding a child’s medical and psychological well-being
Senate Bill 49 would affirm parental rights and protect parents’ authority to make decisions regarding a child’s medical and psychological well-being
 
A bill currently under consideration would make several useful changes.
 
Graduate and professional programs, too, should consider time-to-degree reductions.
 
Two recent news stories about educational institutions in our state illustrate the truth of that statement.
Two recent news stories about educational institutions in our state illustrate the truth of that statement.
 
As lawmakers in the General Assembly are poised to consider a bill that would streamline the process of approving new charter schools, a statewide charter advocacy organization reports that more than 77,000 students remain on waitlists to join charter schools.
As lawmakers in the General Assembly are poised to consider a bill that would streamline the process of approving new charter schools, a statewide charter advocacy organization reports that more than 77,000 students remain on waitlists to join charter schools.
 
Refusing to look inward, opponents of school choice insist the only thing needed to improve public schools is more money
Refusing to look inward, opponents of school choice insist the only thing needed to improve public schools is more money
 
The General Assembly may consider changes to existing higher-ed law.
 
Wilkes Community College President Jeff Cox will serve as the next president of the N.C. Community College System.
Wilkes Community College President Jeff Cox will serve as the next president of the N.C. Community College System.
 
The worst of pandemic-induced learning loss is behind us but there’s still work to do. That’s according to data in a new report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
The worst of pandemic-induced learning loss is behind us but there’s still work to do. That’s according to data in a new report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
 
This week, the Wake County Board of Education approved a revision to its library policies that would require materials to not be “pervasively vulgar” and make “age” and “grade” appropriateness a higher concern.
This week, the Wake County Board of Education approved a revision to its library policies that would require materials to not be “pervasively vulgar” and make “age” and “grade” appropriateness a higher concern.
 
Is Professor Lara Sheehi practicing antisemitism? Consider the evidence.
 
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