A new study by N.C. State University highlights positive academic effects of the state’s Opportunity Scholarship program.
Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 @ 7:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The continuing battle over separation of powers between Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and the Republican-led General Assembly played out simultaneously in two venues Friday morning
Published: Tuesday, February 13th, 2018 @ 1:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Enough is enough, say school voucher advocates who want a three-judge Superior Court panel to dismiss Gov. Roy Cooper's lawsuit against North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship program
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2018 @ 2:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Traditional public schools saw about 5,000 fewer students walk through their doors for the 2016-17 school year
Published: Monday, July 24th, 2017 @ 7:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Increasing funding in the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program is just one indicator of a growing movement for school choice
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 @ 10:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week Duke’s Children Law Clinic released its study of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), School Vouchers in North Carolina: The First Three Years
Published: Friday, March 17th, 2017 @ 2:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Civitas Poll finds roughly three in four N.C. voters back school choice, with higher levels of support from black voters
Published: Monday, January 30th, 2017 @ 12:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Roy Cooper says he wants to defund North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship program against the will of North Carolina's conservative legislative majority
Published: Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The race for North Carolina's House District 88 is a hotly contested showdown between two-term Republican Rep. Rob Bryan and Democratic newcomer Mary Belk, a Charlotte native who says Bryan's policy decisions are disconnected from the district's needs
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 11:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina families are hungry for school choice. To wit: the state’s opportunity scholarship program has had more than 15,000 eligible applicants since its inception just two years ago
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2016 @ 4:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina's still-young Opportunity Scholarship Program would get a major boost if a provision in the proposed Senate budget becomes law
Published: Friday, June 3rd, 2016 @ 3:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I first advocated the idea of parental choice in elementary and secondary education, it was considered by many to be a radical notion.
Published: Saturday, May 28th, 2016 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tennessee lawmakers will vote Feb. 11 on the Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Act, a law that would allow parents of low-income students to use up to $6,628 of public money to attend private school.
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2016 @ 9:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new study from the University of Arkansas finds that crime rates among students in private school voucher programs are lower than those among students who attend traditional public schools.
Published: Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 @ 1:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Time is running out for parents who are eligible for opportunity scholarships and haven't applied. The deadline to apply for the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides up to $4,200 a year in tuition vouchers for low-income children to use at private schools, is March 1
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2016 @ 11:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has joined a bipartisan group of Senators to designate the week of January 24-30, 2016 as "National School Choice Week" and recognize that a diversity of choices in K-12 education helps meet the individual needs and strengths of children.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Almost exactly 15 years ago, I wrote an education reform plan for the John Locke Foundation entitled “Reach for the STARS."
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Republican Party today released the following statement in honor of National School Choice Week...
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 12:30 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Ten year-old Donovan Coates-St. Remy loves science club, geography club, and his Windows 10 ThinkPad
Published: Monday, January 25th, 2016 @ 6:38 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In a 4-3 decision, the NC Supreme Court ruled that the Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides vouchers to low-income families, is constitutional. Obviously I am pleased with the outcome, but I am even happier about the timing. The expected release date for the next batch of Supreme Court...
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 3:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court gave a boost to school choice efforts on Thursday by declaring that the state's fledgling Opportunity Scholarships Program met constitutional muster.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 4:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There was absolutely nothing surprising about the North Carolina Supreme Court's 4-3 decision to uphold the constitutionality of the state's new Opportunity Scholarship program. The outcome was welcome. The lack of surprise was disappointing.
Published: Monday, July 27th, 2015 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement after the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled this afternoon that the Opportunity Scholarship program is constitutional.
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2015 @ 9:31 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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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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Today, Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC) highlights the story of another family from your region who applied for the Opportunity Scholarship Program and is anxiously awaiting a decision about the Program from the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 @ 5:11 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Parents of students who are relying on Opportunity Scholarship vouchers to offset the cost of private school tuition are facing their second summer in a row of uncertainty.
Published: Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. House Republicans are voting this week on their 2015-17 biennial budget proposal. School-based personnel are among the big winners.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 9:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A House education committee on Tuesday gave its OK to House Bill 133, a measure increasing the scholarship amount available to special needs students who attend private schools from $3,000 per semester to $4,000. It also approved a change allowing families receiving those scholarships to collect...
Published: Saturday, March 28th, 2015 @ 3:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Attorneys on both sides of the voucher issue made their case on Tuesday to the state's highest court, with Supreme Court justices considering a challenge to a Superior Court decision stating that the Opportunity Scholarship Program, offering tuition vouchers to low-income parents who removed...
Published: Thursday, February 26th, 2015 @ 11:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Public schools work for Delicia Hare's 14-year-old son, but not so well for her 8-year-old son Christian Houston. Hare uses the $4,200 voucher she gets from the state's Opportunity Scholarship Program to offset some of the costs of sending Christian to Raleigh Christian Academy. She homeschooled...
Published: Friday, February 20th, 2015 @ 2:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Supreme Court says the state can commence administrative preparations for the Opportunity Scholarship Program while it considers an appeal from a lower court's order that ruled the program unconstitutional.
Published: Friday, December 19th, 2014 @ 2:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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