The latest Civitas Poll suggests strong public support for a new state law that requires local school systems to end tenure.
Published: Monday, April 14th, 2014 @ 9:41 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In early May, the North Carolina General Assembly will reconvene in Raleigh for its so-called "short session." Beyond approving adjustments to the second year of the state's two-year budget, lawmakers could consider a number of other key issues. Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president...
Published: Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 @ 2:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The first week of February brought Wayne County mother Jennifer Strickland an eye-popping surprise. A letter from the principal indicated that one of her twin boys — a stellar, straight-A student reading at an almost sixth-grade level — was in danger of being retained in third grade...
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2014 @ 2:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I'm talking about the political struggle over North Carolina's 3rd-grade reading standard, not the violent struggle between Paul Newman and the prison warden in "Cool Hand Luke." Nevertheless, the consequences could be severe if North Carolina's dispute isn't resolved. Any resolution, in turn...
Published: Sunday, March 16th, 2014 @ 11:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently, I have encountered folks who blame the N.C. General Assembly for introducing the Common Core State Standards to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 10th, 2014 @ 4:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On March 28th and 29th we will hold our 2014 Conservative Leadership Conference at the Marriot Crabtree Hotel in Raleigh. Tickets are on sale now, but you can win two of them, plus a one-night stay at the conference hotel...on us!
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 12:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As the Resolutions Chair for the Pitt County GOP, I wrote a series of resolutions that I plan to present at the upcoming 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention, on March 8.
Published: Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 @ 12:22 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Do other professions require their "best" employees to give up an accomplishment to get a raise?
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two new permanent commissions should help North Carolina leaders decide whether to modify or replace controversial Common Core public school standards.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two new permanent commissions should help North Carolina leaders decide whether to modify or replace controversial Common Core public school standards. That's the recommendation the John Locke Foundation's top education expert puts forward in a new Spotlight report.
Published: Monday, February 24th, 2014 @ 5:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During his ten minute testimony, Forest expressed his belief that the Common Core standards roll out in NC represents a long term danger to local control of education decisions in our school systems.
Published: Friday, February 21st, 2014 @ 1:12 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter Jones takes action and relates it to his constituents through these press releases.
Published: Saturday, February 15th, 2014 @ 1:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The full N.C. General Assembly returns to work in May. In the meantime, many legislators are busy working on oversight and study committees, including roughly 20 new groups set up since the end of the long legislative session last summer. Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation vice president for...
Published: Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 @ 4:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thankfully, much is being made of Heather Mac Donald's recent piece, "The Humanities and Us," in the City Journal. She illustrates the decline of college English departments, where "gender, sexuality, race, and class" have taken over Chaucer, Milton, and Shakespeare. The radicals of the...
Published: Saturday, February 1st, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) is scheduled to hold a town hall meeting in Washington N.C., on Monday, Feb. 03, at 6:30 p.m.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 @ 4:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In an editorial earlier this week, News & Observer editors admonished those who seek to slow down the implementation of Common Core Standards and want the state to back out from national testing requirements.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 7:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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McCrory previewed his legislative agenda in a speech at the Hunt Institute's Holshouserhmc Legislators Retreat on Monday night, though he did not provide specific policy plans.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 11:40 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The North Carolina Rate Bureau is back at it again, proposing a 25-35% increase for the coastal area.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2014 @ 3:24 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Senator Bill Cook (R-District 1) is scheduled to hold a town hall meeting in Washington N.C., on Monday, Feb. 03, at 6:30 p.m.
Published: Wednesday, January 15th, 2014 @ 3:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Tuesday, December 17th, the NC General Assembly Common Core Study Committee held its first public hearing to address Common Core. I attended, as well as other activists and Tea Party leaders all across the state.
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 10:34 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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As the New Year launches, disquiet over Common Core testing is building. States from Kentucky to New York to North Carolina have posted abysmal scores on early tests aligned with the math and English language-arts standards adopted by 45 states.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's too bad that we have to turn to history books detailing events of generations long ago to appreciate principled American leaders.
Published: Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 @ 1:21 am
By: Brant Clifton
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After a spring and summer of growing public discontent over the Common Core State Standards and their effect, the General Assembly decided it was finally time to study the issue.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 3:20 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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On June 2, 2010 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the Common Core math and English Language Arts standards. Opinion regarding the quality of the English Language Arts (ELA) standards appears divided.
Published: Saturday, November 30th, 2013 @ 3:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Assumes national standards are the route to superior academic and economic performance.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 7:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Don't panic. That's the message most of us have been hearing all day from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 9:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Just five months after releasing a report that outlined key questions surrounding new Common Core public school education standards, the John Locke Foundation has revised and expanded the report -- nearly doubling the number of questions answered.
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents and taxpayers continue to ask questions about new Common Core standards as they are implemented in North Carolina's public schools. Five months after releasing a question-and-answer primer on Common Core, the John Locke Foundation recently released a revised, expanded version of that...
Published: Monday, October 14th, 2013 @ 11:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when debates over educational standards were "wonky" (read: boring) discussions of goals for student learning? Unfortunately, those days are long gone.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Have you ever gotten a cringe-worthy progress report or report card from your child's school? Just about every parent will have this experience at least once. If the grade isn't what you expected or wanted, do you blame the school for sending you the report card? Of course not. Like it or not...
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 @ 3:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Just five months after releasing a report that outlined key questions surrounding new Common Core public school education standards, the John Locke Foundation has revised and expanded the report - nearly doubling the number of questions answered.
Published: Monday, September 23rd, 2013 @ 12:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction, June Atkinson, has insisted that teachers were a crucial part of the state's planning process for Common Core.
Published: Thursday, September 19th, 2013 @ 5:40 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The Civitas Institute has praised a U.S. Senate hopeful for signing a petition to halt the onset of Common Core educational standards in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 @ 6:18 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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