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Enrollment for most forms of postsecondary education in the United States continued to decline three years after nationwide lockdowns forced many students to temporarily continue their degrees online, according to a new analysis from the National Student Clearinghouse.
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2023 @ 7:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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The long-term effects of the pandemic lockdowns will be felt for decades to come
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 7:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Learning losses from school lockdowns could cause affected students to lose between 2% and 9% of their lifetime earnings as they miss the opportunity to gain critical skills, according to a new study.
Published: Sunday, January 8th, 2023 @ 10:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A reported plan from President Joe Biden to cancel thousands of dollars in student loans per borrower would worsen inflationary pressures while largely helping higher income earners, an analysis from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School reveals.
Published: Monday, September 5th, 2022 @ 7:45 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A surprising new study found that the average lifetime earnings of graduates who have earned a gender studies degree rose sharply to $10,000 this week.
Published: Thursday, September 1st, 2022 @ 9:45 am
By: Babylon Bee
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With the Biden administration’s announcement this week that it would continue the moratorium on student loan payments through the beginning of next year and will forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt per student, student loan forgiveness is at the top of the current political agenda.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Roughly 70% of 10-year-olds in low and middle-income countries cannot read following school lockdowns, according to the World Bank, while American children of the same age are experiencing similar issues.
Published: Saturday, July 16th, 2022 @ 3:39 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Remarks by President Biden on the Build Back Better Agenda
Published: Friday, November 5th, 2021 @ 4:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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All families should be empowered to make the decision that is right for their own circumstance.
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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2020 has been a tough year for North Carolina public schools.
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 12:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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Dr. Corey DeAngelis, Director of School Choice, Reason Foundation, and the Civitas Institute just published a new study of North Carolina’s Education Savings Account (ESA) Program.
Published: Sunday, October 18th, 2020 @ 8:11 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Many political and education leaders in North Carolina say that our economy would be better off if our level of educational attainment was higher.
Published: Sunday, July 7th, 2019 @ 10:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Last June, the N.C. General Assembly passed the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act which raised the age of juvenile jurisdiction in North Carolina to include 16- and 17-year-olds
Published: Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 @ 2:06 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today's apprentices will construct the roads and bridges that move our citizens, they will bend the metal and steel that shape our cities, and they will pioneer the new technology that drives our commerce.
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2018 @ 9:48 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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One subject that economists are in greatest agreement over is the negative unintended consequences of the minimum wage
Published: Thursday, February 8th, 2018 @ 7:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A bill was introduced in the state legislature to shift control of the state’s apprenticeship program from the Department of Commerce to the community college system
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2017 @ 11:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The American higher education establishment suffers from the same problem as ruling establishments everywhere-the inability to look objectively at itself
Published: Thursday, April 14th, 2016 @ 4:23 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Just over a year ago, New York Times economics writer David Leonhardt looked at some data on the "college wage premium"
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 12:50 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Economist and syndicated columnist Thomas Sowell - a North Carolina native, by the way - is fond of denying that there are permanent solutions to problems. Instead, he insists, "there are only tradeoffs."
Published: Friday, April 3rd, 2015 @ 4:33 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new national study concludes that charter schools in North Carolina and other states uniformly outperform traditional public schools, and have a significantly better return on investment for taxpayers.
Published: Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 @ 12:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There is one talking point that has become the go-to objection to eliminating North Carolina's state income taxes and replacing the revenue by expanding the sales tax: "This will shift the tax burden from the rich and onto the backs of the poor!"
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 6:34 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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During this campaign season, I'm seeing a lot of North Carolina politicians promise to address the state's economic woes by helping more young people receive university degrees. In my view, this is not a serious policy proposal. It is just political pandering.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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