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I decided to submit this article after a myriad of phone calls and text messages from members of the Conservative Club bullying me to cast a vote against the closing of SW Snowden and to bring up their personal agendas.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2025 @ 10:55 pm
By: Donald Shreve
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A new state audit has revealed a troubling trend for student attendance records in six North Carolina school districts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 10:23 am
By: Carolina Journal
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I recently attended a forum discussing the future of elections in North Carolina. During a break, someone commented on my rants about legislative shenanigans, asking my assessment of the current General Assembly. I rambled a bit, but do remember mentioning the terms “historic,” and “power grab.”
Published: Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 9:15 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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We now know most, if not all, the candidates who will compete in the March 5th Primary Elections for Governor.
Published: Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 @ 5:03 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Late Tuesday evening, Senate Bill 90, previously known as the Searches of Student’s Person bill, was almost entirely revised and reintroduced in the House under the new name of the Children’s Law Omnibus bill.
Published: Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court will not take a case involving a disputed skirt requirement for students at a Brunswick County charter school. A split 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the requirement as unconstitutional.
Published: Thursday, September 7th, 2023 @ 7:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Once again we are midway through July without a state budget that was supposed to begin July 1. Why haven’t they passed a budget on time? Not trying to be snarky, the answer is because they can. The old budget remains in effect until a new one is approved.
Published: Thursday, August 17th, 2023 @ 10:18 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Public education is the most important function of state government and we spend more tax dollars on education than any other budget item.
Published: Monday, June 19th, 2023 @ 11:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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What can you do when already-powerful politicians grab more and more power?
Published: Saturday, May 13th, 2023 @ 9:25 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Nearly half a million students in Los Angeles missed school Tuesday after tens of thousands of workers employed with the second-largest district in the nation walked off the job, beginning a three-day strike demanding higher wages to afford Southern California living.
Published: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 @ 10:58 pm
By: Daily Wire
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You have to give legislators credit for identifying an issue that has needed addressing for decades. They introduced a bill that would eliminate the power of the sitting governor to name the members of the State Board of Education.
Published: Saturday, March 11th, 2023 @ 7:14 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The founder of Charter Day School in Brunswick County welcomes the U.S. Supreme Court's latest order in a case involving the school.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 5:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Between 2019 and 2022, female students generally recorded larger drops in proficiency rates than their male counterparts
Published: Tuesday, October 4th, 2022 @ 8:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Heritage Foundation will release a new ranking of educational freedom among the states on Friday, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 10:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Bells are ringing across North Carolina as some 1.5 million children start another school year. Can you remember your back-to-school experiences?
Published: Thursday, August 18th, 2022 @ 9:00 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Why does it seem we are willing to talk ourselves into a recession?
Published: Friday, August 5th, 2022 @ 4:18 am
By: Tom Campbell
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...so you don't have to.
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2022 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Northampton County is the only majority-choice county in North Carolina, with 57% enrolled in private, home, and public charter schools
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 9:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State lawmakers have approved over $500 million in school safety funding since 2013, and Gov. Pat McCrory created the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools that year
Published: Friday, July 8th, 2022 @ 8:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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That nod to the famous line from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist may be what some Wake County commissioners are thinking after learning that Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Superintendent Cathy Moore is asking Wake County Commissioners for approximately $600 million
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2022 @ 2:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an op-ed published in major newspapers across the state in December, North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) President Tamika Walker Kelly urged teachers to initiate local protests and disruptions to address the so-called “educator exodus” and “staff vacancy crisis” in NC schools.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 11:35 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new survey from the nonprofit organization National School Choice Week shows that 52% of parents said they were considering — or considered in the past year — choosing a new or different school for their children.
Published: Monday, January 17th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Tuesday, just before 1 p.m. a shooter allegedly injured multiple people at Oxford High School in a suburban area roughly 45 miles north of Detroit.
Published: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021 @ 2:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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COVID-19 has had a serious impact on schools across the state.
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 12:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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EdChoice released its rankings of states based on Educational Choice Share, the proportion of all K–12 students who are enrolled in an education savings account, school voucher, or tax-credit scholarship program.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2020 @ 11:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Our analysis shows that student cohorts in the charter sector made greater gains from 2005 to 2017 than did cohorts in the district sector.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 12:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the discussion turns to Opportunity Scholarships, it’s not hard to make Janet Nunn cry.
Published: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 @ 9:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s public schools and universities are asking the General Assembly for millions more to deal with COVID-19 challenges.
Published: Saturday, August 29th, 2020 @ 8:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Recent news coverage skews the facts on charter funding and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
Published: Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 @ 2:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Now is a good time for lemonade. At least that’s true of metaphorical lemonade squeezed from life’s lemons.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 4:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Parents shouldn’t be afraid to homeschool their children, says Sam Sorbo, actress, author, and homeschooling activist.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2020 @ 4:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The COVID-19 crisis, with all of its complexities, is revealing simplicities about education and life.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 8:50 am
By: Lindalyn Kakadelis
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s this week’s review.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2020 @ 4:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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