Trump Taps Linda McMahon For Education Secretary, Says She Will ‘Fight Tirelessly’ For School ChoiceMcMahon has experience overseeing public education.
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2024 @ 10:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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Kaitlyn Shepherd, policy analyst for the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, gives us a concise overview of the choices parents have in the education of their children in North Carolina.
Published: Sunday, February 25th, 2024 @ 4:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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After announcing major budget cuts to the city’s police force and Education Department last week, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams blamed the federal government for leaving him with no choice but to strip money away from New Yorkers to deal with the illegal immigration crisis.
Published: Wednesday, December 6th, 2023 @ 2:25 pm
By: Daily Wire
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This will put average teacher pay in North Carolina at $59,121 by the end of FY 2024–25.
Published: Wednesday, June 21st, 2023 @ 8:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In July, the U.S. Department of Education imposed new rules that school choice advocates say will have a negative impact on public charter schools.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 5:47 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Democratic members of the N.C. State Board of Education have their sights set on Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, saying Truitt was putting too many parents from schools of choice on a new advisory committee.
Published: Thursday, March 17th, 2022 @ 1:21 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In recognition of National School Choice Week, the John Locke Foundation asked 600 likely general election voters to assess the condition of education in North Carolina and opine on the state’s popular public and private school choice programs.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 7:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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My Locke colleagues Dr. Terry Stoops and Dr. Bob Luebke in the Center for Effective Education are the experts in school choice and education policy, so be sure to follow their analysis of this and other school choice data.
Published: Saturday, February 5th, 2022 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Critics of educational freedom increasingly use the threat of privatization to shine a negative spotlight on school choice programs.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new poll by Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina provides more good news for school choice supporters in the Tar Heel state. The survey polled 500 likely voters on a variety of school choice issues.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 2:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Slow school reopening, dropping enrollment, and union influence on health policy may mean new energy for the school choice movement
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new poll sponsored by a school-choice advocacy organization shows support for educational choice nationwide has increased to a new level of 71% of registered voters.
Published: Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 10:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest two-year budget plan would spend far too much money, setting North Carolina’s state government on an unsustainable future path.
Published: Friday, March 26th, 2021 @ 7:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A new survey from a national school-choice advocacy organization finds broad and stable support for educational choice heading into 2021.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2021 @ 8:16 pm
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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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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On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, a column written by John Locke Foundation CEO Amy O. Cooke appeared in the Bladen Journal.
Published: Saturday, August 15th, 2020 @ 9:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Traditional public school wasn’t working for Charlonda Brown’s two sons.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 9:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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K-12 schools in North Carolina are closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Published: Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 @ 8:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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January 26 to February 1st is National School Choice Week. It’s that time when we spread the word about the different educational options available to parents and children and celebrate the many benefits of school choice.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2020 @ 11:35 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Education is already a huge issue in North Carolina and Gov. Roy Cooper and Democrats are intent on making it even bigger. Cooper and his party are gambling that the state budget impasse will keep the issue squarely on the front page of North Carolina policy and politics.
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2020 @ 11:30 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Remarks by President Trump at a Roundtable on Empowering Families with Education Choice
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 4:22 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and N.C. Lt. Gov. Dan Forest this week gathered a roundtable of school-choice advocates to pitch Education Freedom Scholarships.
Published: Saturday, July 20th, 2019 @ 12:10 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Quite apart from the salutary effects of fitting individual students to the schools best suited for them, competition improves the quality of education provided.
Published: Monday, April 8th, 2019 @ 2:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and State Superintendent Mark Johnson shared thoughts on education reform during a Tuesday, June 26, kickoff event for a new education nonprofit organization, Grow Great NC
Published: Tuesday, July 10th, 2018 @ 10:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members of our United States military are afforded very little input when it comes to decisions that significantly impact their lives and the lives of their family members
Published: Friday, September 29th, 2017 @ 2:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told attendees of the Annual Meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council in Denver, that choice in education is good politics because it's good policy
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 11:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Once clear message from the 2017 budget discussion: School choice remains a priority for the General Assembly
Published: Monday, June 5th, 2017 @ 9:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public charter school parents are more satisfied with their children's education than are traditional public district-school parents
Published: Friday, February 10th, 2017 @ 2:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Yesterday, on February 7th, Betsy DeVos was confirmed by the Senate as US Secretary of Education in President Trump's administration.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 @ 11:59 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Stories about the value of school choice and the healthy competition it nurtures are ubiquitous yet salient
Published: Sunday, February 5th, 2017 @ 3:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina parents are asking for more education options for their children. Currently one of the most popular options is vouchers (Opportunity Scholarships and Special Needs Scholarships)
Published: Monday, January 2nd, 2017 @ 3:43 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina families should have an easier time finding K-12 education options thanks to a new web application launched by Parents for Education Freedom in North Carolina, an organization that supports expansion of school choice across the state
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 3:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What if the conventional wisdom about education in North Carolina were exactly backwards, and it was Republicans who have been more generous in funding our state's schools
Published: Tuesday, November 29th, 2016 @ 6:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The race for North Carolina's House District 88 is a hotly contested showdown between two-term Republican Rep. Rob Bryan and Democratic newcomer Mary Belk, a Charlotte native who says Bryan's policy decisions are disconnected from the district's needs
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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With the election just around the corner, there is no shortage of polls willing to tell others what the public thinks. So when a pollster tells you they surveyed State Legislators about what they think on K-12 education, choice-based policies and the profession, it catches your attention
Published: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 @ 11:01 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's a fact that African Americans are strong supporters of parental choice
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 2:36 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Democratic challenger Linda Coleman repeatedly attempted Tuesday night to paint a dismal picture of public education in North Carolina, but Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest countered with a list of Republican spending increases and expanded school choice options that he said put the state on the right
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 @ 6:46 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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Although the debate about education policy is robust, complicated, and sometimes vitriolic, there is actually broad agreement about the bottom line
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina's still-young Opportunity Scholarship Program would get a major boost if a provision in the proposed Senate budget becomes law
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 3:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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