Cost of Health Care and Schools Plans Discussion
Have you ever wanted to know the crux of Health Care Reform? If so, this is your opportunity. If you want to know the latest on the School Assignment Plan, another pressing issue on the minds of taxpayers, you’ll have that opportunity just prior to the Health Care discussion. Although perhaps an “interesting” topical mix, …
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The North Carolina Partnership for Educational Opportunity is hosting a ground-breaking one day conference in Raleigh to engage with these issues and examine proven strategies to implement in local communities. The summit “Safe Schools, Fair Schools: A Community Dialogue about School Suspensions in North Carolina” will take place on November 12, 2010 from 8:00AM until …
Happy 1st Anniversary NCSJP!
Not that we generally pat ourselves on the back, but we’re very excited because we’re a whopping one year old today! One whole year of working to help the people of North Carolina make this state a better place for everyone will make most normal mortals tired, but not us… we’re just getting started! A …
Autumn of Hate
If things keep moving in the direction they are, we should name this fall the Autumn of Hate. So much hatred unleashed on one population, so much pain and death, and all at a time when more Americans than ever, over 50% for the first time, accept homosexuality as “morally acceptable”. Sadly, we still have …
Stockholm Syndrome
A quick congratulations to Liu Xiaobo for his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Xiaobo has had the courage to speak his mind in a country where doing so is often severely punished. This was a bold choice for the Nobel committee to make, and may have political repercussions for the Swedish government, so …
Disarray
After last night’s baffling fireworks at the Wake County School Board meeting, we have been left wondering what the heck this means for the future of schools in Wake County. We are torn: should we be celebrating the vote rejecting the “neighborhood” schools under the premise of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” …
Income Inequality
In a paper to be released later this year in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, a Duke University researcher revealed that most Americans have no clue how large the income divide is in this country. In fact, when asked to say what their ideal wealth distribution would be, most respondents gave answers closet to …
Water, water, everywhere
It certainly has been one wet week in North Carolina. When there is this much water falling from the sky, it makes you think that we’ll never run out. But water can cause some serious problems, and I’m not talking about flooding. Access to clean water is not just a problem for people in the …