Jun 27, 2017
Summary: If you had to pick out the most outspoken critic of higher education in North Carolina, it wouldn’t take you long to find the James G. Martin Center for…
Jun 21, 2017
On Fireworks, BHAG’s, and Your Big Ideas Thanks so much to those of you who wrote in response to last month’s “Director’s Log” on “Rediscovering North Carolinianism” (yes, in answer…
Jun 20, 2017
Summary: A few years ago, some people in Charlotte got ticked off by a number – 39. Just 39 percent of third graders in Charlotte were reading at grade level.…
Jun 13, 2017
Summary: At the Emerging Issues Forum on Innovation a couple of years ago, one of the clear findings was that outside of the Triangle and Charlotte, there wasn’t a really…
Jun 6, 2017
Summary: On the one hand, who could have predicted it? Laura Gerald grew up in Robeson County, went to Harvard and Johns Hopkins for her medical degree, then ignored the…
May 30, 2017
We’re excited to provide an early glimpse into some of our work around the promotion of early childhood development since February’s special Focus Forum. Our premise for this work is…