This economic storm is still gathering. If we fail to act, it will soon be upon us. But we can rise above it – if we work diligently to train and nurture the scientific and mathematical talents of the next generation.
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Blue Ribbon Testing Reform
There’s a growing consensus that the North Carolina testing program is due for a major overhaul. But ideas on how to fix it vary widely.
Virtual Graduation Rates
All too often, grade inflation rules the day, making a mockery of federal accountability provisions and masking our dropout problem.
Dropout Factories
Are American high schools laboratories of learning or “dropout factories”?
Mental Health Screening…Coming to a School Near You
Lawmakers are increasingly looking to schools to serve on the psychiatric front lines; fortunately, parents and a host of other organizations are crying foul.
High School High
Have American high schools become “marijuana marts” and “pill palaces”?
Field of Education Dreams
Public shool officials in North Carolina are following the “if you build it, students will learn something” model of education reform and winding up with…pretty buildings.
Up the Down Scorecard
Recent data place American students on an upward academic trajectory.