Next week, you have a choice.

1.  Attend a National School Choice Week event.  Here is a quick review of events in North Carolina:

School choice pioneer Dr. Howard Fuller will be the keynote speaker at the Parents for Educational Freedom in NC (PEFNC) night of celebration event in Greensboro.  The event will take place on Tuesday, January 24 at 6:30 p.m. inside the International Civil Rights Center & Museum.  Doors will open at 6 p.m. and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served.  This event is free to the public, but attendees must register by clicking here.

On January 26, the North Carolina chapter of Americans For Prosperity will host an event featuring political commentator Dick Morris.  The event will be held at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte and begin at 6:30 pm.  The event is free but registration is required.

AFP-North Carolina will have a simulcast event, Restoring American Exceptionalism – North Carolina Townhall, at Village Hall in Pinehurst.  The simulcast of the Charlotte event will begin at 7:00 pm.  Sign up for this event here.

2. Celebrate No Name-Calling Week.  According to the National Education Association announcement,

No Name-Calling Week (NNCW), created by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and Simon & Schuster Children’s publishing, was inspired from the young-adult novel The Misfits by James Howe. The story tells how four best friends try to survive the jungle known as the seventh grade despite taunts based on their weight, height, intelligence, and sexual orientation/gender expression. They create a political party in the school known as the No-Name Party, and go onto win a school election, prompting the principal to create a No Name-Calling Day throughout the school.

I suppose temperament has a lot to do with choosing one over the other.  If you have an optimistic outlook on education, celebrate National School Choice Week.  If you have a gloomy outlook on schooling, celebrate No Name-Calling Week.