State officials seek to reform UNC’s teacher preparation programs
Teacher quality was the central theme of an education summit held by the UNC system’s Board of Governors at the SAS Campus in Cary, North Carolina, on January 27.
Teacher quality was the central theme of an education summit held by the UNC system’s Board of Governors at the SAS Campus in Cary, North Carolina, on January 27.
During each legislative session, education is at the forefront of budget and policy discussions. Expenditures on elementary, secondary, and higher education (the University of North Carolina plus the community college system) added up to more than $11.5 billion last year, or 58 percent of the North Carolina General Fund budget.
Reform in 2015: our hopes for the new year
Back in the early 1990s, while I was in the middle of a long business career, I recall reading that the University of Pennsylvania had decided to add an unusual essay requirement for their undergraduate applicants. Specifically, the students were asked to submit “Page 217” of their 300-page autobiography. Remember now, these budding autobiographers were all of 17 years old.
Three UNC schools will lower their SAT admission standards next fall
A professor recounts how UCLA blocked his investigation of its racial preference policy
Five reforms the UNC board should implement this school year
Admitting athletes who aren’t prepared for college work is a recipe for cheating.
North Carolina’s state appropriations must be cut, and here is one way.
The system’s new website sets the stage for transparency, but the information is missing.