The Gatlinburg Trail offers an easy way for travelers staying in downtown Gatlinburg to take a quick hike in the park. The path runs about two miles one-way from the southern end of Gatlinburg to ...

It’s fair to say North Carolina policymakers have good reason to predict competition would spur educational improvement. North Carolina and other states expanding their school-choice programs ...

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

President Donald Trump today directed several government agencies to develop plans for redirecting federal funds in an effort to expand school choice. "Parents want and deserve the best education for ...

The federal department has updated its school choice webpage. Mike Long, the president of Parents for Educational Freedom North Carolina (PEFNC), said in an op-ed published in the North State Journal, ...

National School Choice Week began Sunday and runs through Saturday. North Carolina in 2023 became the 10th state, and first without a Republican trifecta of state government, to implement ...

Students are forced to attend one school, without any choice in the matter ... Thankfully, the court gave us a road map. The court ruled that state-funded education scholarships could not directly ...

There’s so much more at stake than simply giving parents school choice. As a parent myself, I hope legislators will work to enhance the democratic and inclusive nature of public education ...

(The Center Square) – Opportunity Scholarships are supported by nearly 61% and kindergarten through 12th grade satisfaction with local schools is 33%, according to a new poll of North Carolinians.

For side and back sleepers, the best choice is the W Hotel Pillow Top mattress – described by some guests as like "sleeping on a cloud" (according to W Hotel, at least). A quilted pillow top ...