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A Seattle street preacher says he was arrested for simply reading his Bible at a public park near a Seattle Gay Pride event.
Published: Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 @ 5:05 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Test results in reading, math, and science for the 2020-21 school year show the effects school closures and remote learning have had on public school students in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 12:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The act modifies reading instruction programs to improve literacy of N.C. public school students by the third grade
Published: Sunday, July 11th, 2021 @ 11:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On March 31, the North Carolina Senate passed the hugely controversial SB 387, titled the Excellent Public Schools Act of 2021, by a margin of 48 senators in favor, none opposed.
Published: Thursday, April 8th, 2021 @ 7:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The rapidly spreading coronavirus has infected an employee working in Sen. Maria Cantwell’s (D-WA) office, which marks the first publicly known case of a congressional staffer with the coronavirus, which originated in China.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2020 @ 9:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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The school year may be halfway over — or more — before the contract dispute between competing reading diagnostic companies is resolved, leaving students at public schools in limbo.
Published: Friday, October 4th, 2019 @ 9:23 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Who could have predicted that North Carolina educators, lawmakers, and media would spend so much time disputing the reading software selected by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI)?
Published: Sunday, August 11th, 2019 @ 10:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A dispute over a K-3 reading contract is heating up after the company at the center of the controversy, Istation, sent a cease-and-desist letter to three people who have publicly criticized a decision to grant the contract to Istation.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 @ 6:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I realize that this is Foolishness of the first order but let your mind wander with me a moment.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 10:32 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Thank you for reading this column. It's not just that I appreciate your interest in what I have to say. I appreciate the fact that you are reading this publication at all. According to a recent set of surveys by the Pew Research Center, a distressing number of our fellow citizens rely mostly on...
Published: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I’m not reading public-policy tomes for work or escapist science fiction for play, any book you’ll find in my hands will probably be a work of history.
Published: Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 @ 9:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the things that came out of the UNC academic scandal was athletes reading at a third grade level. Why aren't we raising a fuss about the K-12 public school system that allowed these individuals to GRADUATE while reading at a third grade level?
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 11:29 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I'm talking about the political struggle over North Carolina's 3rd-grade reading standard, not the violent struggle between Paul Newman and the prison warden in "Cool Hand Luke." Nevertheless, the consequences could be severe if North Carolina's dispute isn't resolved. Any resolution, in turn...
Published: Sunday, March 16th, 2014 @ 11:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every passionate reader has a first literary love - that first book that captured your attention and inspired your desire to explore and understand.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2013 @ 2:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the 1990s, North Carolina's public schools posted some of the strongest performance gains in the country on independent reading and math tests. Democrats and Republicans took pride in the accomplishment and vied for the credit. Over the past decade, however, the trend has been markedly...
Published: Sunday, November 24th, 2013 @ 8:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Part of my job involves commissioning, reading, interpreting, and writing about public policy research. As I began researching my 2012 book on North Carolina's economy, Our Best Foot Forward, I found myself reading or re-reading dozens of scholarly studies, published in academic or professional...
Published: Sunday, September 1st, 2013 @ 10:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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