Note: This article was first published by the North Carolina History Project on August 12, 2026. “No one learned anything. We all sat around online, pretending to pay attention, and…
Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about the negative impact of policies related to COVID-19 and education indoctrination. The kids are not all right. The number of school shootings in…
Editors at the Washington Examiner offer a harsh assessment of national teacher union leader Randi Weingarten. In the run-up to the election, and also in the time since, Weingarten has…
Philip Klein of National Review Online documents the pandemic-related flight from traditional public education. The public school system in the United States lost nearly 1.3 million students over the 2020-21…
Tahra Jirari writes for the Martin Center about college students’ continuing concerns about COVID-19’s impact. Students have had to make many sacrifices over the past year, be they financial, academic,…
Megan Zogby writes for the Martin Center about one key problem linked to online-only college education. Though online teaching has dominated the college semester, not all teachers are equally skilled…
Last week, the NC Office of Charter Schools asked the members of the State Board of Education to grant a one-year enrollment increase to meet parental demand for full-time online…
Megan Zogby writes for the Martin Center about the uncertainty surrounding the fall term at colleges and universities. Colleges across the country are preparing for potential spikes in coronavirus cases…
A message from our friends at Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) : Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) has seen the impact that the coronavirus (COVID-19) has…
North Carolina’s most heated political debate involves the timing and process of reopening the state’s economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Becki Gray analyzes that debate during the next edition of…
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice and allied groups want the state to use millions in federal coronavirus relief funds to buy computers for disadvantaged students. The News & Observer…
North Carolina’s reaction to coronavirus was to end in-person instruction for school children across the state and transition instruction online. This transition has been spotty across the state with inconsistent…