On June 25, 2024, I saw a shooting star while sitting on The Daily Tar Heel’s roof. It wasn’t part of a meteor shower or anything — just a stray shooting star, a meteor that broke apart over a lake ...

I read in dismay that the Moorhead School Administration is moving the Alternative Learning Center back to Vista Center for Education. When I was the school counselor at the ALC and we were at the ...

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Parents are often told to advocate for their children at school. Few are told what that advocacy actually demands. For many families, it means learning federal education law late at night, attending ...

The author argues that an informed citizenry is essential for the survival of a democracy. Many Americans are disengaged from civic life, with low voter turnout and declining readership. The internet ...

I am a Worcester Public Schools alum, a parent of a kindergartner and a former School Committee candidate. I share this not for credentials but to provide context for the care, time and thought I ...

WAKE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- As much of the Triangle continues to be impacted by the weekend's winter weather, the two largest school districts in the Triangle are split over their decision for Tuesday ...

For the past 11 years, NASCAR had been a very serious sport that decided its champions in a very un-serious way. That finally changed on Monday, when NASCAR announced a sorely needed change to its ...

Artificial intelligence has vividly captured public attention. It’s routinely characterized as either a looming threat or a technological miracle. Or both. Valley City State University launched the AI ...

When clicking on a JSON column (or text column that contains JSON) in the Query Results view, the JSON is opened in a new "Untitled-X" editor and is formatted nicely. Love this feature. However, the ...