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Movies are making a comeback in the great summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer. We have seen both of them. They could not be more different, but each offers something to think about.
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 9:26 am
By: Lib Campbell
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Public education is the most important function of state government and we spend more tax dollars on education than any other budget item.
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 11:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A new report that measures the effectiveness of public schools in some of the nation’s largest metro areas ranks Raleigh near the bottom of the pile.
Published: Sunday, December 19th, 2021 @ 7:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A stack of studies chronicles worrisome trends in adolescent mental health. Over a decade, youth depression has increased significantly.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 3:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The school year is fresh and new. But high school seniors with college ambitions began their academic slog weeks ago, on Aug. 1, when the Common Application went live
Published: Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 @ 4:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Chronic homework overload is producing stressed-out, sleep-deprived teens too burned out to learn. So say disgruntled parents, who increasingly are leveraging public platforms to share anecdotal homework horrors — from The Atlantic Monthly article, "My Daughter's Homework is Killing Me," to...
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a world increasingly dominated by technological shorthand, it's hard to imagine why students would need to know the meaning of an unwieldy word like "perspicacity." Yet in the information age, a good vocabulary is more important than ever.
Published: Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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