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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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“How do you define freedom in one word? The answer to that is choice,” Tim Taylor, Arapahoe Charter School alumni.
Published: Tuesday, June 29th, 2021 @ 12:44 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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During National Financial Capability Month, we recognize the importance of financial literacy to a free and prosperous society, and we commit to ensuring that all Americans have the resources they need to make informed financial choices and provide opportunities for a brighter and more secure future
Published: Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 @ 4:28 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump is ensuring our Nation’s children have the opportunity to fulfill their God-given potential.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 @ 9:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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What does it mean to be free? Many seemingly intractable disputes about specific issues — ranging from welfare spending and school choice to abortion and alcohol policy — originate from the fact that people don’t answer this question in the same way.
Published: Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 @ 9:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Critics of charter schools argue school-choice programs, like charter schools, siphon money and resources from traditional public schools.
Published: Saturday, May 18th, 2019 @ 12:09 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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We will deliver relief to American workers, families, and small businesses, who right now are being crushed by Obamacare, by increasing freedom, choice, and opportunity for the American people.
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 4:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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N.C. State Representative Beverly Boswell has earned the endorsement of North Carolina Right to Life and was ranked 4th in the State House by the North Carolina Values Coalition for championing family values like limiting abortion, protecting religious freedoms, allowing school choice, and ensuring
Published: Tuesday, May 1st, 2018 @ 9:04 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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It's now a full-scale debate - about property rights, the free market, and, in fact, freedom of choice
Published: Saturday, July 1st, 2017 @ 10:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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If this article does not interest you or you don't like to read any of BT's post , you have the free choice to move on without reading.
Published: Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 @ 10:41 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I am a teetotaler who believes that my fellow North Carolinians should be free to buy and consume the alcoholic beverages of their choice from the vendors of their choice
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), the state's voice for educational choice, applauds the ruling today from the North Carolina State Supreme Court affirming the constitutionality of the Opportunity Scholarship Program
Published: Friday, July 24th, 2015 @ 3:23 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Lovers of socialized medicine are quick to point out that the United States is the only country in the developed world that doesn't have some form of universal government run, i.e., single payer, health care system. While this may be true, the US system of health care payment and delivery does...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 6:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is a proposition in public choice economics called the "special interest effect." It basically argues that government grows because, for most government programs, there are concentrated beneficiaries and diffused cost bearers. What this means is that the benefits of government programs will...
Published: Monday, February 2nd, 2015 @ 9:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On June 26, in McCullen v. Coakley, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law requiring pro-life activists to stay outside a 35-foot “buffer zone” around abortion clinics.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2014 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As "Small Business Week" continues, North Carolinians are reminded that Kay Hagan has consistently advanced the agenda of big labor unions at the expense of small businesses and workers.
Published: Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 @ 10:18 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Board of Education Vision of Public Education in North Carolina: A Great Public Education System for a Great State is the title of a vision statement adopted by the State Board of Education earlier this month.
Published: Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 12:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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