Hold on to your wallets: Lady Luck will soon be tempting the self-restraint of North Carolinians around the state. Legislation creating a state lottery passed on Tuesday, and was quickly signed into law by Governor Easley yesterday.

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Advocates of a sex education curriculum promoting abstinence ought to be on their guard.

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The GOMs (Gatekeepers of Mediocrity) seem to have won.

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Support for school choice is on the rise in North Carolina.

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If American students excel in elementary school, but falter in high school and beyond, what’s going on?

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American high schools are again under fire, and this time, Judge Manning (the judge presiding over the Leandro case) isn’t the one fanning the flames. Rather, Governors from most of the states have entered the fray, calling for reforms to American high schools and to data collection on graduation rates.

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This week, North Carolina schools presented citizens with a good news/bad news proposition. As forecasted in last week’s journal entry, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results for North Carolina schools were released Monday. Not surprisingly, this year’s results show a higher percentage of schools not meeting more stringent federal accountability standards.

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Next Monday (July 18th), local school systems in North Carolina will release their preliminary Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results for 2004-2005.

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It should surprise no one that the latest educational fad making waves across the country is just another repackaged, touchy-feely program designed to bolster self-esteem.

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John Walton – philanthropist, businessman, education reformer, and Vietnam War veteran – died in a plane crash, ending what was surely a remarkable and unforgettable life.

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