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A majority of North Carolina public school students failed to pass end-of-course tests in fall 2020, according to new data from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
Published: Sunday, March 7th, 2021 @ 9:40 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Most North Carolina schoolchildren began this academic year trying to learn from home rather than at school.
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2020 @ 12:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The education establishment and their left-wing political allies frequently condemn companies that are contracted to operate public charter schools
Published: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019 @ 7:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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High school tests the mettle of many teens. Surveys, both informal and scientific, reveal pervasive stress
Published: Friday, September 28th, 2018 @ 4:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Charters outperform districts on state tests
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 4:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's now official: Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, all North Carolina public high schools will be on a 10-point grading scale. Last week the State Board of Education approved the plan to have schools throw out the standard A-B-C-D-F system in favor of a new scale that widens the grade...
Published: Tuesday, January 13th, 2015 @ 10:49 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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State legislators should be congratulated for eliminating the 100-school cap on charters and tweaking the charter school law over the last four years. North Carolina's charter school community is thriving thanks to their work.
Published: Monday, December 29th, 2014 @ 9:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When Republicans took control of the legislature in January 2011, North Carolina's economy was struggling, the unemployment rate was 10.4%, citizens and businesses were burdened with a 1930s Depression-era tax code, and the state owed the federal government $2.5 billion.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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