On January 20th of this year, Kamala Harris was confirmed as the Vice President of the United States. This was a tremendous occasion for many...[Read More]
Tag Archives: education
>> I don’t think that I am alone when I say most of the time I spend thinking about our State Legislature involves a repetitive...[Read More]
>>“School’s out for the summer!” Remember when you used to wait for that final bell to ring on the last day? The exhilaration? The anticipation?...[Read More]
>>More and more, I’ve begun to feel like there are two North Carolinas. There is the one with warm, welcoming people, great food, respected universities;...[Read More]
>>“Did you know that more than 40 percent of Duke’s teaching faculty are not tenured professors?” “What if I were to tell you that I...[Read More]
>>By many measures the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act >>was a failure . Kids have been burned out by constant standardized testing; teachers have...[Read More]
>> My third grade teacher was terrible. I mean, she was really, really rotten. She once — and this is true — gave a class...[Read More]
>> I have a daughter going to kindergarten next year. And I am struggling with my conscience. Here’s the problem in a nutshell. I live...[Read More]
>>If you’re a parent, chances are you see snow days as a personal attack on your sanity, your livelihood, and, yes, your very way of...[Read More]
>>Last time you went to work, did you visit a supply room for your pens and sticky notes, or did you buy them out of...[Read More]