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A school that apparently housed a Cold War bomb shelter closes, as new schools are built with barricades against shooters. It's a reminder that school buildings tell stories about our hopes and fears.
As the current school year winds down, the North Carolina Board of Education got its annual report on school calendars for the coming year. It shows that 15 districts in a dozen counties, with a total of almost 177,000 students, have decided to ignore the state law that requires them to start classes “no earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26.”
As the current school year winds down, the North Carolina Board of Education got its annual report on school calendars for the coming year. It shows that 15 districts in a dozen counties, with a total of almost 177,000 students, have decided to ignore the state law that requires them to start classes “no earlier than the Monday closest to Aug. 26.”
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper launched a war of words with his “state of emergency” tour last week, where he accused Republican lawmakers of choking the life out of public education, dropping an atomic bomb on it, choosing corporations over classrooms, turning their backs on children, bringing political culture wars into classrooms and using political hacks to dictate what happens in schools.
Watching the final days of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools superintendent search play out last week was like watching someone stumble just before reaching the end of a marathon.