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Many on social media these days are talking about the trend of "Tradwives", a totally new concept where women marry, have kids, take care of those kids, love their husbands, and engage in traditional home-making tasks.
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2023 @ 2:48 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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Denies public schools are teaching Critical Race Theory, teachers are grooming and indoctrinating students, public schools push a woke agenda.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 1:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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The rapid growth of school choice options brought on by the pandemic shows no signs of letting up as the calendar turns over to 2023.
Published: Tuesday, January 17th, 2023 @ 7:14 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Heritage Foundation will release a new ranking of educational freedom among the states on Friday, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 @ 10:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Both options have enrollment that compares with some of the state's largest districts.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 9:22 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Our teachers must feel like they are wearing a bullseye on their backs. There aren’t many who have their backs these days, and those who do aren’t speaking loudly in support.
Published: Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 @ 10:28 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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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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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced it will issue the first round of Student Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer benefits next week for students eligible between the months of September and November 2021.
Published: Friday, January 7th, 2022 @ 9:29 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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James Mason writes for National Review Online about troubling proposals for federal intervention into homeschooling.
Published: Thursday, May 27th, 2021 @ 7:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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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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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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COVID-19 has brought a wave of new trends, from fashion masks to Tik Tok challenges.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 @ 1:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper was supposed to announce the state’s official back-to-school plan on Wednesday, July 1.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2020 @ 4:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents shouldn’t be afraid to homeschool their children, says Sam Sorbo, actress, author, and homeschooling activist.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2020 @ 4:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation is kicking off National School Choice Week with a talk from Robert Luddy, the creator of several charter and private schools in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A recent court ruling has potentially opened the door to recognizing that parents need more choice in determining where to send their children to school.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 10:45 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Arguments about school choice often focus on academic outcomes. That makes sense. But the case for increased parental access to choice involves more than just academics.
Published: Thursday, January 16th, 2020 @ 10:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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I'm not surprised that the editors of the News & Observer blame the N.C. General Assembly for the migration of students from districts to charter, home, and private schools.
Published: Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 @ 9:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Homeschool enrollment hasn't topped the charts just yet. But at the rate it's growing, it's only a matter of time.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 10:00 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tanner Boyd was like most of his peers in his teens. He had a vague idea that he wanted to stay in Beaufort County, but he had no clue what he could do as a career.
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2019 @ 7:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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According to data recently released by the N.C. Division of Non-Public Education, an estimated 135,749 students enrolled in homeschools last year, a 6.2 percent increase over the previous school year
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 @ 1:15 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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Since National School Choice Week began in 2011, North Carolina has become a leader in expanding educational opportunities
Published: Thursday, January 25th, 2018 @ 12:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At the heart of Tuesday’s school choice rally, organized by the North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools, was a celebration of student achievement through educational opportunity
Published: Wednesday, January 24th, 2018 @ 12:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina is teeming with new business owners, some of whom not yet old enough for middle school
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 1:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent appointment of U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos exhibited much that is destructive, even demented, about our current political discourse
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 1:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Homeschooling is the maverick among North Carolina's K-12 options. Since its launch three decades ago, homeschooling has bucked convention and stumped prognosticators
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2016 @ 10:32 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina nears the 20th anniversary of the law that opened the door to public charter schools in the state, 82,000 students are enrolled now in charter schools
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 8:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Division of Non-Public Education is the state agency responsible for home and private school oversight and data collection. This week, the agency published annual private and home school statistics for the 2014-15 school year.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Homeschooling reached a milestone in North Carolina in the 2014-15 school year. The number of students enrolled in homeschools in the state topped 100,000
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 9:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Thirty years ago, the N.C. Supreme Court recognized the legality of homeschooling in Delconte v. State of North Carolina. Since then, the growth of homeschooling in North Carolina has been extraordinary.
Published: Saturday, July 11th, 2015 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few North Carolinians realize that the state has extensive educational options for preschoolers and college students but little for children in the "middle" -- the 1.5 million students in traditional K-12 public schools.
Published: Tuesday, October 9th, 2012 @ 7:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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