Commentary: I am in my 14th year of teaching reading at a middle school. My students read two or more years below grade level, and it’s my job to increase their reading levels and reading engagement.
Published: Jan. 29, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Black students make up just over 10 percent of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools student body, yet comprise over 60 percent of those who are suspended. Black and Hispanic young people make up over half of the students who leave school early.
Published: Jan. 29, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Ben Franklin once remarked that “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” With the understanding that education is the key component for future success, community members are working to open the Howard & Lillian Lee Scholars Charter School.
Published: Jan. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The first time I went to a NAMI meeting, I cried almost the whole meeting. It was such a relief to not feel alone, to know that the other people there knew what I was going through, to get concrete suggestions for dealing with my son, and to hear that there was hope.
Published: Jan. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Absent from the current discussion is the impact that gang violence and the failed War on Drugs is having on gun violence in the United States.
Published: Jan. 22, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Though alcohol remains the teen drug of choice, surveying eighth, 10th- and 12th-graders, the latest MTF report finds that marijuana use among teens is rising. After a period of decline in usage, teen marijuana use has been steadily increasing over the last decade.
Published: Jan. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Efficiency should not be used as an excuse to shortcut principles that are the foundation of our democracy. The district should have encouraged public input early on while drafting its redistricting plans.
Published: Jan. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Two days before President Obama announced his specifics on gun control post-Newtown, our mayors joined 800 others in demanding a renewed ban on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines. The mayors also called for criminal background checks on all gun buyers and making gun-trafficking a federal crime.
Published: Jan. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Town of Chapel Hill sponsored The Word Project, a poetry contest for town employees.
Published: Jan. 15, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Redistricting is never easy. With new schools built every few years to relieve crowding comes the necessary but difficult task. I am concerned that some public comments have offended members of the community and are straining how we relate among different ethnic cultures.
Published: Jan. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: I have lived in the Triangle for almost nine years, and I have to admit it: I haven’t picked a side.
Published: Jan. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: It’s important to me that the residents of Bingham Township and Orange County know the facts about the UNC facility there. Our intentions are to restore the trust and good will that we once shared with our neighbors and to be better stewards of our property and protectors of the environment.
Published: Jan. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: As the new year begins, tis the season for resolutions to shed a few extra pounds around the waistline.
Published: Jan. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: All the religions represented at the memorial service for the Newtown victims tell us to live the minute, live the hour. Live it intensely.
Published: Jan. 8, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools operates on the principle that every child (and adult) has basic abilities that can be developed with effort and perseverance. We call it the “Growth Mindset” – based on the work of Columbia University professor Dr. Carol Dweck.
Published: Jan. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Across America, millions have stood up to echo the president’s conclusion in his unforgettable memorial speech in Newtown, Conn.: “We can’t tolerate this anymore. These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change.”
Published: Jan. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Obey Creek offers opportunities for southern Chapel Hill and the town. The question is: Which town goals can it best serve, and at what scale?
Published: Jan. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: There is an issue that people just now seem to be hearing about. It affects all youth 16 and up and deals with the prison industrial complex system. This issue is better known as the school-to-prison pipeline.
Published: Jan. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Why the hubbub over UNC’s animal research facility in southwest Orange County, and why won’t Bingham Township residents just leave it alone? The answer is all about fairness.
Published: Jan. 1, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Carrboro is a wonderful place, a dream really, but a dream on a sea of devastation.
Published: Dec. 29, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The December message of the Orange County Healthy Carolinians, Eat Smart Move More campaign is Tame the Tube. I expand that notion and say Tame the Screens! Turn off your devices for a while and get up and move.
Published: Dec. 29, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: As we sit down for the holiday meals each year, food finally garners its much-deserved position as the centerpiece of our tables. We slow down, give thanks for the array of food before us, and ostensibly consider where it comes from. But the idyllic pastoral scene we often envision is far from reality.
Published: Dec. 22, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: As the school board begins to discuss the various redistricting options, it must make racial and socio-economic diversity the highest priority in the redistricting criteria under consideration.
Published: Dec. 22, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: At Christmas we celebrate that God chose to journey in flesh. In so doing, God blesses flesh and sanctifies this essential element of being human that opens each of us to possibility of both suffering and transformation.
Published: Dec. 22, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: With 18 minute ambulance response times, radio outages, and increasing tension between the county’s emergency services and fire, police, other agencies, the county commissioners decided to form an Emergency Services workgroup – an independent group of fire, police and rescue leaders – to figure out what to do.
Published: Dec. 18, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Growing up in a household dominated by scientific thought, I’ve always considered myself to be in favor of anything having to do with scientific advancement.
Published: Dec. 18, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The colored trees, falling leaves and crisp, cool air remind us that the holidays are here. Thanksgiving began a time of celebration, as many of us came together with friends and family. November also marked a different kind of anniversary, National Diabetes Awareness Month.
Published: Dec. 18, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: I have been involved with the Boy Scouts of America for 33 years and have seen how children benefit from Scouting. While it is difficult to understand or explain an individual’s actions from many decades ago, let me be clear: nothing is more important than the safety of our members.
Published: Dec. 15, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Nearly three years ago, before I started studying Taekwondo, I was alarmingly insecure, unsure of myself and had a very poor self-image.
Published: Dec. 15, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Guest Column: Almost three years ago, we presented a concept plan proposal to Town Council for the Obey Creek property located on 15-501 across from Southern Village.
Published: Dec. 11, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
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