Many North Carolinians breathed a sigh of relief last week when the GOP-led legislature and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper came to terms on a budget for the new biennium.
Published: Monday, December 6th, 2021 @ 3:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Without North Carolina’s school-choice scholarships for students with special needs, retired soldier James Martin would have moved his family to another state.
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 12:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Senate rolled out a budget proposal this week that would expand school choice across the state while raising teacher pay and seeking to remedy student learning losses due to closed classrooms because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Thursday, July 1st, 2021 @ 7:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Vote sets up a potential compromise version with the House
Published: Sunday, May 9th, 2021 @ 10:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Legislation to expand school choice in North Carolina is on the move in both chambers of the General Assembly, after both the N.C. Senate Education Committee and Rules Committee OK’ed a measure to increase the dollar value of Opportunity Scholarships and open them to more families.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 6:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Epidemiologists and infectious disease experts have consistently maintained that the risk of spread of the COVID-19 virus among young children is low.
Published: Monday, April 19th, 2021 @ 7:49 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to expand the Opportunity Scholarship Program passed the N.C. House, 69-49, on Tuesday, April 13, following a floor debate that focused on accountability.
Published: Sunday, April 18th, 2021 @ 7:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Two bills sitting on Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk are designed to remediate learning losses for K-12 students left behind by classroom closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans in the N.C. House are advancing a bill that would expand and strengthen the state’s three school-choice scholarship programs that help low-income children and those with special needs attend a private school.
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Jayme Metzgar writes for the Federalist about one state’s major turnaround on parental school choice.
Published: Thursday, April 1st, 2021 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Interest in homeschooling has surged in North Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Monday, March 22nd, 2021 @ 8:05 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In North Carolina politics, few issues are as contentious as education.
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As state lawmakers try to sort out when students can go back to school full time, members of the House are sponsoring a bill that would offer a voluntary summer school program for North Carolina students.
Published: Thursday, February 18th, 2021 @ 9:37 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus pandemic has created a window of opportunity for school choice, says a panel of experts at a John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2021 @ 10:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Next week is National School Choice Week (NSCW).
Published: Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 @ 10:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina prepares to celebrate National School Choice Week Jan. 24-30, the cause of educational freedom could see even more advancement during the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2021-2022 session.
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 7:55 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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2020 has been a tough year for North Carolina public schools.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 12:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina families need educational options as much right now as ever, if not more.
Published: Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 @ 7:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Dr. Corey DeAngelis, Director of School Choice, Reason Foundation, and the Civitas Institute just published a new study of North Carolina’s Education Savings Account (ESA) Program.
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2020 @ 8:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Coronavirus has exposed the problems our public schools are having in meeting the educational needs of a diverse population. Many of these problems are rooted in the way we fund our schools.
Published: Friday, October 9th, 2020 @ 8:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Virtual learning is taking a toll on Chloe Dixon’s children.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 3:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The necessity for education choice and flexibility has proven monumentally important in a world where economic competition is global and pandemics can disrupt school and work life with jarring immediacy.
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 @ 10:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina recently passed the “Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0” with Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature, but it is clear from what happened that the governor did not so much approve of the budget and that he begrudgingly signed it.
Published: Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Over the last decade the number of education options available to North Carolina parents has grown significantly.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 @ 3:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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.
Published: Monday, September 14th, 2020 @ 3:48 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Both the General Assembly and Dem. Gov. Roy Cooper have shared their budget priorities this week.
Published: Monday, September 7th, 2020 @ 7:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republican lawmakers presented a $1 billion COVID-19 package during a Tuesday, Sept. 1, news conference.
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2020 @ 12:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 3:24 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Both the General Assembly and Dem. Gov. Roy Cooper have shared their budget priorities this week.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 5:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC State business professor Dr. Bart Danielsen asks that question in a thoughtful post on his blog, The Green Apples.
Published: Monday, June 29th, 2020 @ 10:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week Gov. Roy Cooper extended the closure of all public schools in North Carolina through May 15 via executive order. Among other things, Cooper said the extension is necessary to promote public health and safety in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 9:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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As we reach the midpoint in this year's National School Choice Week (NSCW), we should reflect on how far we have come and what is next for school choice in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 8:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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