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Congresswoman and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC5) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced legislation Tuesday that would repeal President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan that would cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
Published: Saturday, December 9th, 2023 @ 3:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at the Kathy Taft Center for Leadership and Excellence in Pitt County to highlight the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 2:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to highlight the extreme Republican plans to dismantle public education in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 1:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits Haw River Elementary to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education from Extreme Legislation
Published: Thursday, June 15th, 2023 @ 12:19 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits Huntingtowne Farms Elementary in Charlotte to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education from Extreme Legislation
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 @ 12:02 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits Washington Elementary in Raleigh to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education from Extreme Legislation
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 3:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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In Virginia, the president of the Fairfax Education Association, who has been fighting legislation that would make masks optional in public schools, wrote in response to the news of the county’s high COVID-19 transmission rates that it was “good news,”
Published: Monday, March 28th, 2022 @ 12:18 pm
By: Daily Wire
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NC High School Athletics Association mounts massive effort to block their dismantling
Published: Saturday, July 31st, 2021 @ 1:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The relationship between the State Board of Education and State Superintendent Mark Johnson continues to be dysfunctional after the board objected to a provision in recent legislation
Published: Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 @ 9:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is no shortage of activity in the North Carolina General Assembly. While most capitol watchers are focused on the short session's main responsibility, developing and passing a state budget.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 1:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina lawmakers pushed back against Common Core education standards by passing legislation to require the teaching of cursive handwriting in elementary schools
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2016 @ 11:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the most popular options for expanding educational opportunity is the Education Savings Account (ESA). Currently five states - Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee and Nevada - have passed ESA legislation, and at least 10 other states have bills in the works.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 10:16 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Two of the state's most powerful lawmakers are perplexed that their education reform bill passed unanimously in the House but immediately was assigned to the Senate's Ways and Means Committee, a graveyard for legislation.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph), that chamber's majority whip and leading voice on education policy, has stepped up in defense of Core legislation he shepherded through the Senate.
Published: Friday, June 27th, 2014 @ 7:16 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bill this morning.
Published: Saturday, July 27th, 2013 @ 2:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Few pieces of education legislation filed this year have been subject to more debate than House Bill 944: Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Charter schools are tuition-free public schools that have more freedom than district-run public schools, but are required to meet certain state regulations, such as participation in the accountability program, the ABCs of Public Education.
Published: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 @ 3:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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