The main corridor of Holly Hill Mall in Burlington was bustling with families on Saturday, Oct. 4. Families were shopping for more than clothing on this occasion though, with Alamance-Burlington School System’s (ABSS) annual high school options fair happening right…
After a round table lunch at Oak Grove Elementary School in Cary on Monday, a group of advocates called for a total of $4.4 million in state funding to support the N.C. Farm to School Program and SUN Bucks, also…
I have a vivid memory from my first year of teaching. A 4-year-old boy, frustrated that a wooden block would not balance, turned to his friend and said, “Here, you hold it.” Together, they solved the problem. Their faces lit…
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute | October 16, 2025
Our young people made huge gains from the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s, when education reform was at its zenith. We need to get back to making that kind of progress again....
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