News Alerts

9/5/10 Margiotta's mess
Regarding the Aug. 27 article "Margiotta firm on diversity policy": Ron Margiotta is willing to come onto the school board and potentially mess up my seventh-grader's chance of getting a scholarship or funding because his high school may not be accredited because the board doesn't think schools need to be accredited, and he's 95 percent sure he's not going to run for re-election in November?"

9/5/10 Let's vote on it
"A referendum on the proposed student assignment district changes would ensure that the decision represents the community at large."

Local Universities

Duke University - President Richard Brodhead
"...in our increasingly interconnected world, our students must be able to understand and collaborate across the many dimensions of difference - of race and ethnicity, income, religious affiliation, national culture, and many more - to succeed. Diversity makes our world a far more interesting place, and that's a good reason to build this university as a place where difference isn't just tolerated, but actively embraced."

8/29/10 The odds against black youth
"Remedies for these problems can at least be imagined. But America's tragic number - tragic because it is difficult to conceive remedial policies - is 70 percent. This is the portion of African-American children born to unmarried women. It may explain what puzzles Nathan Glazer."

8/29/10 The lessons in male graduation rates
"White males didn't do that much better, with graduation rates in Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida ranging from 57 percent to 59 percent. In Cleveland, 27 percent of black males graduated; just 30 percent of white males did. In Detroit, 27 percent of black males graduated, but just 19 percent of white males did."

8/15/10 Wake's new attendance zones will affect school athletics
"The attendance area is a huge factor in athletics," said Bobby Guthrie, the Wake County Public Schools athletic director. "The pool of students that teams draw from is one of the most important things."

8/15/10 Exclusive charters
"Some of our charter schools, such as Raleigh Charter, are excellent. But until they have to play on a level playing field with public schools, with innovations that can translate to a high-poverty location, I think calling them "public" is laughable."

• Advocates for Children's Services

• Alternatives to Suspension, Expulsion, and School-Based Arrest, Advancement Project

• American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force Report

• Baltimore City Public Schools Code of Conduct

• Case Study: Jefferson County, Alabama

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