by Spencer Mason | Oct 28, 2015 | Fall 2015, GREENHOUSE
28 Oct 2015 In the spring of 1985, a significant victory took place in the long legal fight over home education in North Carolina. The North Carolina State Supreme Court ruled that under the current private school law, parents were allowed to educate their children at...
by Spencer Mason | Aug 5, 2015 | Summer 2015, GREENHOUSE
5 Aug 2015 If you grew up watching The Beverly Hillbillies, you may remember musicians Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt. Occasionally, they sauntered through the Clampetts’ mansion door pickin’ and grinnin’. If you missed their appearances, you didn’t miss out on their...
by Spencer Mason | Mar 18, 2015 | Winter 2015, Uncategorized, GREENHOUSE
18 Mar 2015 Smoke drifts from a campfire, mingling with the smells emanating from a black kettle suspended above it. A group of children of diverse ages draws near to what appears to be a vision from the past—someone dressed as a Civil War soldier or maybe an...
by Spencer Mason | Jan 7, 2015 | Winter 2015, GREENHOUSE
7 Jan 2015 This article is late to the editor and somewhat cobbled together (therefore, truly a kluge). Originally I was just going to write about the history of schooling, how changes in technology helped place new emphasis on socialization as a responsibility of...
by Spencer Mason | Jul 3, 2013 | Summer 2013, GREENHOUSE
3 Jul 2013 Living History What state can claim (arguably) the earliest battle in the American Revolution and one of the decisive last battles? Which can claim a tea party organized by leading women and an early forerunner of the Declaration of Independence?...