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Research on the pandemic’s effect on student enrichment shows that just forty-five percent of North Carolina’s K-12 students passed state reading, math, and science exams.
Published: Monday, October 23rd, 2023 @ 10:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State test scores show slight improvement over last year’s scores but still trail prepandemic levels
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Congressman Dan Bishop, R-NC8, was in the spotlight yesterday not only for his opposition to the debt ceiling agreement reached by Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, but also for challenging McCarthy’s capability in his position as speaker.
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 1:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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have Beaufort County Schools used these curricular materials????
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 6:15 pm
By: John Steed
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New Hampshire’s Manchester School District received COVID relief funds to host a youth pride event with a drag performance, a new report found.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 3:04 pm
By: Daily Wire
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How This Harms Taxpayers and What NC is Doing About It
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 5:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The most recovery they've seen is in middle and high school math, with the least recovery in middle school reading.
Published: Monday, May 1st, 2023 @ 6:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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As federal funding to schools for covid relief is entering its last phase, a lot of people are beginning to ask the question: What difference has $172 billion made for students and our schools?
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2023 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Teacher pay; in North Carolina, it’s the topic that never goes away.
Published: Sunday, March 19th, 2023 @ 2:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A consensus has been emerging that tutoring is the best way to remedy learning loss
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 12:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Plaintiffs and the N.C. Justice Department both object to new motions at the N.C. Supreme Court in the Leandro education funding lawsuit. The motions ask the court to address unresolved Leandro issues.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 12:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The state controller and legislative leaders are asking the N.C. Supreme court to reinstate a lower court order blocking a forced money transfer in the Leandro case.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023 @ 2:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt has released an update on Operation Polaris, a four-year plan for strengthening student outcomes across the state.
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2023 @ 6:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will no longer be the third-party administrator for the State Health Plan come Jan. 1, 2025.
Published: Saturday, January 21st, 2023 @ 1:36 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Nationwide, a movement to restore and protect parents’ rights has arisen in response to school closures, politicized curricula, and a loss of authority
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 @ 8:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember these numbers. $442 million and $306.7 million. Those figures represent how much money Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has received in federal covid relief funds and how much money the district has actually spent.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 12:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Rep. James Comer (R-KY) promised that the House Oversight Committee would target waste, fraud, and abuse in the new Congress.
Published: Sunday, December 11th, 2022 @ 5:17 am
By: Daily Wire
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While less than half of NC students are proficient in reading, math, and science, Wake Co. focuses on unjust goal of "equity"
Published: Thursday, October 20th, 2022 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The pandemic has impacted Wake County Public Schools (WCPSS) in a variety of ways. Achievement gaps have hardened and learning loss has caused many at-risk groups to fall even farther behind.
Published: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 @ 8:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt proposes using COVID-19 relief funds to cover principal pay gap.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2022 @ 8:08 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A previously deported illegal alien pleaded guilty this week to charges including identity theft and benefits fraud in part relating to aid given during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 1:37 pm
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina schools received over $6 billion in funding to remedy the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic on students and schools.
Published: Wednesday, July 27th, 2022 @ 2:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) criticized President Joe Biden for using COVID funds for social justice projects.
Published: Friday, July 22nd, 2022 @ 7:39 am
By: Daily Wire
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One of the biggest casualties of the pandemic has been the opportunity for our children to learn. Closed schools, the difficulty of pivoting to new learning platforms and upended schedules all contributed to a general sense that kids were falling behind academically.
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 8:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What is happening to all that money Wake County Schools (WCPSS) is getting for covid relief?
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2022 @ 11:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's largest hospital systems profited from billions COVID relief funds and Medicare payments.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 5:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A few things against the digital learning initiative and the use of technology in the classroom.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2022 @ 10:57 am
By: Will Simmons
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Six billion dollars — remember that number. The North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office says that’s how much money our state has received for K-12 Covid-19 relief via the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Act (ESSER).
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 5:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since 2020, North Carolina has received -almost $6.1 billion in federal covid relief funds.
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 @ 7:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A woman allegedly used money she received through the federal Paycheck Protection Program to hire a hitman to kill a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent working in Miami.
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 8:35 pm
By: Daily Wire
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“Set some money aside for a rainy day.” That’s financial advice anyone discussing finances worth their salt would include.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 9:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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