Education
Lessons from CIS evaluations
View in your browser. Welcome Communities in Schools (CIS) is a non-profit dropout prevention organization that has a significant presence in North Carolina and 24 other states. Last week, Economic…
Bill Cosby
American actor and comedian
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About time a black leader started talking like this
Philadephia Mayor Michael A. Nutter (left) had some tough words recently for black youth involved in the new “flash mob” craze, and he offered some advice for black youth in…
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Interesting thoughts from Juan Williams
Former John Locke Foundation Headliner Juan Williams offers Newsweek some thoughts about his association with Fox News and his liberal friends’ openness to opposing views. Have you taken heat from…
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The charter school battle continues
View in your browser. Welcome A friend of mine attended the open house at Endeavor Charter School on Saturday. Largely because of state-imposed enrollment restrictions, Endeavor had only 12 open…
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Just Because I’m Sick of Complaining Doesn’t Mean It’s Right
Reading the Asheville City Council staff reports this week, I was reminded of a Bill Cosby comedy act in which he explained why teenagers dressed so strangely. They knew their…
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Obama’s Gates gaffe: an emblem of his healthcare approach
In for an inch, in for a mile, the old saw goes. Politicians with no business experience deciding to run 15 percent of the economy is the mile. The inch,…
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Race, family, and values
Daniel Henninger puts the relationship between Barack Obama and Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick in a generational context. Henninger also discusses how Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey fit into the changing…
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Friends of Cos
Maybe I’m weird, but I found it ironic that N&R ed page editor Allen Johnson’s analysis of outgoing GCS Superintendent Terry Grier’s salary appears on the same page as an…
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Taking “hug a thug” to its limits
Frequent commenter Eric M. Weaver Sr., a former Durham policeman, said recently that the DPD has a “hug a thug” approach to law enforcement. Well, the hip hop entertainment industry…
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The Durham sad status quo
Thomas Stith opened his mayoral campaign yesterday criticizing incumbent Mayor Bill Bell for making excuses about Durham’s problems rather than taking action. I think he’s got a good point. Bell’s…
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Ditch the culture of grievance
Self-proclaimed leaders who focus on grievances are hurting the black community. That’s the assessment of one of Washington’s most well-known African-American journalists, Juan Williams of National Public Radio and Fox…
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Good advice that will be ignored
We’re always afraid to talk about our mistakes. We’re used to blaming our mistakes on others. What is the relationship between the chaos, anarchy, lawlessness, indiscriminate murders, theft of land,…