Terry Stoops writes for the Martin Center about the hubbub surrounding First Lady Jill Biden’s academic credentials.
Published: Saturday, February 20th, 2021 @ 1:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) has shed all doubt on whether he will confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 12:57 pm
By: Daily Wire
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During the 1990s and early 2000s, urban elections were an arena of robust partisan politics in North Carolina.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2019 @ 11:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After spending thirty years in a corporate environment, I embarked on a second career as a member of the faculty and staff of a liberal arts college
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 4:48 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Businesses sometimes charge different customers different prices as a way to maximize revenue
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2016 @ 6:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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There are concerns that students who pursue careers in education represent the least capable of those students who pursue college degrees. As Thomas Sowell observed in Inside American Education, "Consistently, for decades, those college students who have majored in education have been among the...
Published: Sunday, July 5th, 2015 @ 8:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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How can we differentiate the pay of teachers on the basis of their performance while also treating them fairly? This familiar education-policy debate used to play out at the Hood family dinner table.
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 1:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina, now the tenth largest state in the nation, is suffering growing pains. As demographic trends change and the economy adapts, our colleges and universities are struggling to meet the emerging needs of the state.
Published: Sunday, February 22nd, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that he has selected Donald van der Vaart as the next secretary for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Van der Vaart currently serves as deputy secretary and energy policy advisor for the agency.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 3:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This article is Part I of a two-part series examining how North Carolina's public school system pays its teachers.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 3:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A public records request filed by the Civitas Institute confirms that the UNC Poverty Center continues to use publicly funded resources for blatantly political activities in ways that are inappropriate, violate UNC policies, and possibly illegal.
Published: Thursday, March 6th, 2014 @ 11:31 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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As the old saying goes, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." But some North Carolina professors have decided that they are neither goose nor gander.
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 6:58 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Money to provide opportunity scholarships -- or school vouchers -- to children from lower income families has made it into the House budget...
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I admit that I was stunned by the appointment of Carol Folt as chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. It’s hard to believe that someone who has spent her entire career at Dartmouth, a relatively small (4,200 students) Ivy League college, can navigate the shoals of a large...
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 4:24 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The issue of campus speakers has, until now, focused on the rights of invited conservatives to speak without harassment and on the disparity of liberal speakers over conservative ones.
Published: Sunday, March 24th, 2013 @ 12:28 am
By: Jay Schalin
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