Texas, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New York, and North Carolina are in an exclusive club. Can you guess its membership policy?
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2015 @ 9:51 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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Charter schools are tuition-free public schools that have more freedom than district-run public schools, but are required to meet certain state regulations, such as participation in the accountability program, the ABCs of Public Education.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Between 1996 and 2012, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction authored, field-tested, administered, and analyzed nearly all end-of-grade and end-of-course tests under the ABCs of Public Education accountability program.
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2012 @ 6:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While hardball politics is not the place one should ever go looking for intellectual rigor, North Carolina's political culture seems especially prone to hyperbole, illogic, and silliness.
Published: Thursday, August 9th, 2012 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beaufort County Schools' results for the 2011-2012 were released Thursday by the North Carolina State Board of Education. Included in the results was the welcomed news that 9 of 13 schools in the district earned recognition under North Carolina's ABCs of Public Education.
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2012 @ 3:25 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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High school graduation rates improved in 2011, increasing to 77.7 percent, the highest four-year graduation rate ever reported in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2011 @ 6:09 pm
By: Anna Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has released the results for the 2010-2011 ABCs of Public Instruction. This is North Carolina’s measuring stick for student growth that predates No Child Left Behind and Adequate Yearly Progress.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2011 @ 4:15 pm
By: Anna Deatherage
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