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Opposite of what quack doctors tell parents to promote surgery
Published: Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 @ 8:10 am
By: John Steed
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That’s the question Marguerite Roza of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab sought to answer in a recent webinar on the topic.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 @ 12:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new national poll shows roughly two-thirds support for key school choice concepts among American parents.
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2024 @ 11:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to expand North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) by removing income eligibility requirements advanced to the state Senate.
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 12:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans have introduced a bill this session that would create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in North Carolina. Here is a quick primer on what ESAs are, what other states are doing on this issue, and what could be on tap here in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers have introduced a bill in the North Carolina House that would create a universal Education Savings Account to allow parents to pay directly for approved non-public educational expenses for their children.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 5:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Amid increasing criticism that "Ron DeSanctimonious" is a terrible nickname for Florida governor and possible Presidential rival Ron DeSantis, former President Donald Trump has taken to ChatGPT to help him with brainstorming for better DeSantis nicknames.
Published: Tuesday, April 4th, 2023 @ 10:34 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Legislation to significantly expand education savings accounts in North Carolina—or ESAs, as they are commonly known—was introduced in the General Assembly earlier this week.
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2023 @ 9:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Civitas Poll finds plenty of good news for school choice advocates
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arizona passed a massive school choice expansion over the summer.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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New images released Monday by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) offer a stunning look at the Phantom Galaxy, M74, which is about 32 million light-years from Earth.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2022 @ 1:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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Learning loss in huge problem in the United States. A July 2021 analysis by McKinsey & Company consulting found that by the end of the school year, students were on average five months behind in mathematics and four months behind in reading.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2022 @ 5:35 pm
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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Philip Klein of National Review Online documents the pandemic-related flight from traditional public education.
Published: Saturday, July 24th, 2021 @ 6:08 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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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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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it has upgraded the mobile-friendly ePASS website to include a Spanish language option.
Published: Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 @ 2:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Four popular Latin American sports figures are sharing videos about the importance of mask wearing with North Carolinians on social media
Published: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 @ 9:30 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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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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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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Nathan Glazer died last week at the age of 95. He was one of the original neo-conservatives.
Published: Friday, February 8th, 2019 @ 4:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It just got easier for children in North Carolina to qualify for a Special Needs Education Savings Account
Published: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 @ 3:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In A Recent Article On Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) In The News And Observer, Keith Poston Of The Public School Forum Said The Newly- Approved ESA Program For Special Needs Students Is "Very High Risk In Terms Of Abuse."
Published: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Researchers Paul DiPerna, Lindsey Burke, and Anne Ryland conducted a national survey of military households to assess their views on school-choice options, district schools, and careers in the military
Published: Friday, November 3rd, 2017 @ 5:27 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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That’s what I’d tell NC Policy Watch crybabies who continue to assert the policies of Republican legislators don’t support public education
Published: Sunday, July 9th, 2017 @ 12:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Last Thursday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation to significantly expand the state’s popular Empowerment Scholarship Account program
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 8:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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When Julian Bloom was 18 months old, doctors diagnosed him with autism and said he had a severe sensory and auditory processing disorder.
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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