In a new report, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) evaluated the nation’s teacher education programs. They examined 18 elementary and 22 secondary teacher education programs in North Carolina.…
Biz Journal report on Greensboro College’s land deal with student condo developer Campus Crest leaves open the possibility that the J.C. Price School could be razed: Whether Campus Crest intends…
The N&R reports that Greensboro College –which has suffered from financial woes in recent years —has sold the historic Warnersville neighborhood site of the former J.C. Price School to a…
Interesting that as BYU hoopster Brandon Davies’ suspension for having sex is the talk of the day, the N&R (unposted) profiles Greensboro College center Danielle Duncan, who’s juggling school, basketball…
The N&R had a big front-pager yesterday by Taft Wireback* on former Northern Guilford and current Oak Ridge Military Academy basketball coach Stan Kowalewski’s troubles with the SEC. Pretty cool…
The American Enterprise Institute has just published a new study that examines graduation rates in American higher education. The upshot: At a time when college degrees are valuable–with employers paying…
The City of Greensboro is still in the process of hiring a new city manager to replace the ousted Mitchell Johnson. At the rate the City Council is going, it…
Noticing some chatter in the blogosphere about Greensboro’s $26 million greenway. Diane Davis has questions, Sue Polinsky has answers and Guarino’s in the middle. All discussion aside, the numbers are…
Winston-Salem Journal headline: Money will start trickling in on Wednesday; use it wisely or else, Obama warns states Or else what? And when President Obama says ‘use it wisely,’ does…
A couple of thoughts about the recent revelation that local businesses were helping out with former GCS Superintendent Terry Grier’s retirement buyback. For starters, board member Kris Cooke has it…
Two members of the Greensboro Zoning Commission actually voted to rezone Greensboro College’s land in the Warnersville community. If you remember correctly, GC wasn’t asking for the land to be…
Let me get this straight: Greensboro College wants to build a sports complex off Freeman Mill Road on on land it owns. But residents of the Warnersville neighborhood, who don’t…