Alice Wright details for DailyMail.com a story of one left coast school with misplaced priorities. A Bay Area Elementary School has spent $250,000 on a ‘Woke Kindergarten’ program only to…
Dr. Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation vice president for research and director of education studies, discusses N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson’s dedication of $4.8 million to elementary school…
This page is from a first-grade math test administered in a North Carolina public school. At first, it may prompt a chuckle and a thumbs-up for a kiddo who has…
According to the latest ranking by McKinsey & Company and U.S. News & World Report, North Carolina is the 21st best state for education. North Carolina is 12th best for…
These flowcharts developed by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction are designed to help.
One of the Republican legislature’s signature programs, Read to Achieve, is hitting its stride. Admittedly, the program did not fare well in its first year, mostly due to poor statewide…
View in your browser. Welcome Today is the last day of the Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement, an annual event sponsored by the NC Department of Public Instruction. One presentation,…
Way to go, Common Core! Third-grade students in Wake County encountered the following, entirely ridiculous, writing prompt:
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius recently remarked, We’ve got to make sure that kids by the time they hit kindergarten aren’t so far behind that they don’t…
New legislation is helping schools require third-graders to perform at grade level. For example, in Henderson County, children will be given two chances to demonstrate they can read at the…
Over the last few weeks I talked with parents who are ready to pull out their hair trying to help their elementary child with math homework. It all became understandable…
According to a story in Education Week, colleges and universities are flooding the job market with elementary school teachers. Education Week reporter Stephen Sawchuk writes, Though universities’ economics departments preach…