Creative Loafing Charlotte

Four-year-olds win, Tea Party loses

• by Rhiannon Fionn
Go stand in the corner, Thom Tillis.
• Tags: News, Thom Tillis, Tea Party, ALEC, education, children, funding, Superior Court

Cover Story

Top 10 things (plus a bonus) that are good for you now but will kill you in 20 years

Warning: Vegan diets may be hazardous to your health

• by Mark Kemp, Jeff Hahne, Ana McKenzie, Kimberly Lawson, Anita Overcash, and Emiene Wright
• Tags: Cover, froyo, Chick-fil-A, frozen yogurt, smartphones, iPhone, Blackberry, hot yoga, sanitizer, Maximum Overdrive, 3-D TV, joke rap, punk, nerd, electronics, satire, raw food, technical college, education, death, healthy, Tipalets, Chesterfield, Lucky Strikes, smoking, agave sweetener, bottled water, e-cigarettes, political conventions, Cover Story

New school board means big potential for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

• by John Grooms
• Tags: Boomer with Attitude, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Peter Gorman, School, education, CMS, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, Mary McCray, Ericka Ellis-Stewart, Eric Davis, Tom Tate

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Pat McCrory's commerce fetish

Governor education B.S. is just the beginning

• by John Grooms
• Tags: Boomer with Attitude, education, liberal arts, Pat McCrory, Bill Bennett, Brian Rosenberg, politics, John Grooms

Report reveals tragic news for North Carolina women

• by Megan Henshall
Thirty eight percent live in poverty, roughly the population of the state of West Virginia
• Tags: News, Megan Henshall, West Virginia, North Carolina, Gov. Beverly Perdue, Status of Women in North Carolina report, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, political participation, health, well-being, employment, education, earnings, economic security, Hispanic, women, U.S. Department of Housing, AFL CIO, Mary B. McMillan

The N.C. Governor's Race: Walter Dalton Q&A

• by Mike Cooper
North Carolina's lieutenant governor discusses his vision for North Carolina as a Democratic candidate for governor.
• Tags: News feature, News, Walter Dalton, lieutenant governor, Gov. Beverly Perdue, Republican, Pat McCrory, Bill Faison, Bob Ehteridge, Rutherfordton, North Carolina, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, Democratic Party, Amendment One, U.S., education, issues, Logistics Taskforce, 2008, 2010, defeat, voter, vote, voter ID, voter fraud, Rutherford County, America, Rural Center, New Generation Initiative, Michael A. Cooper Jr., Charlotte School of Law, New Leaders Fellow, Center for Progressive Leadership, North Wilkesboro, Mike Cooper

A sit-down with Pat McCrory

The once-Democrat and former Charlotte mayor defends voter IDs and relives the night he switched parties

• by Mike Cooper
• Tags: News feature, Pat McCrory, election, governor, Charlotte, North Carolina, politics, mayor, LGBT, Amendment One, campaign, voter, registration, transportation, education, charter schools, death tax

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CMS race-bias expert to provide Band-Aid for deep wound?

Pricey and perhaps ineffective, but we have to start somewhere

• by Erin Tracy-Blackwood
• Tags: Trouble Hunter, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Heath Morrison, race consultant, race-bias expert, Pacific Educational Group, Glenn Singleton, Courageous Conversations, education, race, diversity, Erin Tracy-Blackwood

We don't need no education ...

• by Natalie Howard
• Tags: News, Random Dumb Sh*t, News, Random Dumb Sh*t, fox news dumb, sad, education

College: High school, part II?

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Step it up, kids.
• Tags: News, News, High-School, education, parents, college, Funding, america, critical thinking, public schools

DNC 2012 Notebook: The ladies talk North Carolina politics

• by Mary C. Curtis
Michelle Obama, Ann Romney and Ashley Judd give North Carolina a woman's perspective of the presidential campaign
• Tags: News, Democratic National Convention 2012, Michelle Obama, President Obama, Ashley Judd, Charlotte, North Carolina, Tennessee, vote, campaign, politics, Democrat, Mary C. Curtis, Women Vote 2012 Summit, Central Piedmont Community College, It Takes One, Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, first lady, health care, pre-natal care, equal pay, education, hope, tax, private sector, access, children, hungry, food insecure, Bill Clinton, London, Kentucky, God, North Carolinians, basketball, Southerners

Don't put your ignorance on blast

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
And don't settle for being uneducated.
• Tags: News, News, war, Afghanistan, education, Twitter, Internet, Mexico, map, Hurricane Richard, Dick, Belize, Guatemala, geography, knowledge

What's new at Discovery Place?

• by Anita Overcash
Upgrades and additions to Discovery Place make it worthy of a visit.
• Tags: Arts, News, Arts, education, Discovery Place, renovations, exhibits, News

How much are you willing to pay for a college education?

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Your future for your future $
• Tags: News, News, General-Assembly, N.C., North-Carolina, education, Budget, UNC, college, Debt, University of North Carolina, tuition, grants, financial aid

Farewell, Friday

A longtime Observer columnist reflects on the former UNC system president he knew

• by Ed Williams
• Tags: City Forum, William Friday, UNC, University of North Carolina, university system, higher education, education, Charlotte Observer, UNC-TV, desegregation, obituary, civil rights, separation, Dixie Classic, college basketball

Current sex-ed legislation: FAIL

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Students stand up to lawmakers in Raleigh. They want a choice: Sex-ed classes for real people, or classes based on abstinence. Surprise: Republicans voted against the kids wishes.
• Tags: News, News, teen pregnancy, Sex, education, STDs

Students suck at science

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
All of our children deserve a chance to excel.
• Tags: News, News, science, education, schools, technology, students, minority, skills, national exam, compete, eighth-graders, National Assessment of Educational Progress, scores, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, achievement gap

Dem commissioners: flaming heaps of gall & b.s.

• by John Grooms
• Tags: Boomer with Attitude, News, education, Boomer with Attitude, mecklenburg county commissioners, democrat, News

Hallelujah! There's new Schoolboard leadership

• by John Grooms
• Tags: Boomer with Attitude, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, CMS, school board, Ericka Ellis-Stewart, CharMeck, Education, Charlotte, NC

Big bucks for Davidson

• by Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman
Great news for scholarship recipients.
• Tags: News, News, Davidson-College, education, Belk, endowment, Belk Scholarship, Belk Scholars