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At Tuesday's New Hanover County school board meeting, members voted to approve the state’s salary schedule, but board member Judy Justice was the lone dissenting vote.
Dogs and their handlers were tearing up the grass at Crocus Obedience & Kennel Club Saturday for...
A first-year Mount Airy teacher is among 27 teachers from across North Carolina who have been selected as finalists for the North Carolina Center for the…
Will NC schools banning Critical Race Theory lead to ‘witch hunts’ of teachers? T. Keung Hui, The Charlotte Observer North Carolina school boards in Republican-leaning counties are taking steps they say will prevent the teaching of Critical Race Theory — and that some teachers say could lead to witch hunts. Last week alone, school boards in Cabarrus, Johnston and Moore counties passed resolutions or policies they say are targeted at keeping Critical Race Theory from being taught. The measures talk about things such as not teaching about social theories and not promoting ...
Photo: Adobe Stock In 1787, a deal was struck whereby enslaved Africans in America would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of a state’s population. Hence, the origin of the “three-fifths of a man adage.” Although this step was taken largely for the purpose of determining how much a state would contribute in taxes (as well as its representation in the U.S. House of Representatives), in 2021 the “three-fifths compromise” is still in effect when it comes to Black history education. Recently, controversy has swirled in North Carolina because the history of the nation...