Applications for some 20,000 private school scholarships designed for low- and middle-income families opened this week for the 2022-23 school year, launching what promises to be another robust year of growth for school choice in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Sunday, February 6th, 2022 @ 2:48 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Support for the Opportunity Scholarship Program stands at 61%, according to a new Civitas Poll of likely voters presented by the John Locke Foundation.
Published: Saturday, January 29th, 2022 @ 6:53 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Defenders of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to hear a lawsuit challenging the voucher program.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 10:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Dr. Bob Luebke, senior fellow at the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, responds to a mainstream media attack against North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 1:11 am
By: Carolina Journal
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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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The latest legal challenge to North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program could be decided by a single judge or a three-judge panel. Arguments presented in recent days to the N.C. Court of Appeals focus on the case’s destination.
Published: Tuesday, December 28th, 2021 @ 10:46 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Parents supporting North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to review a lawsuit challenging the scholarships. A motion filed in the N.C. Court of Appeals this month seeks to have the case transferred away from a single trial judge.
Published: Saturday, December 18th, 2021 @ 2:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Someone once said, “Be grateful for the doors of opportunity — and for friends who oil the hinges.”
Published: Sunday, August 8th, 2021 @ 1:24 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Could opportunity be coming at the right time for Clay Johnston as he looks to make the Carolina Panthers 53-man roster in 2021?
Published: Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 6:43 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
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Legislation to expand school choice in North Carolina is on the move in both chambers of the General Assembly, after both the N.C. Senate Education Committee and Rules Committee OK’ed a measure to increase the dollar value of Opportunity Scholarships and open them to more families.
Published: Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 @ 6:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A bill to expand the Opportunity Scholarship Program passed the N.C. House, 69-49, on Tuesday, April 13, following a floor debate that focused on accountability.
Published: Sunday, April 18th, 2021 @ 7:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans in the N.C. House are advancing a bill that would expand and strengthen the state’s three school-choice scholarship programs that help low-income children and those with special needs attend a private school.
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the release of the funding notice for eight different types of preparedness grants worth nearly $1.87 billion.
Published: Friday, February 26th, 2021 @ 12:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Americans’ victory in the Cold War owed at least some degree of debt to the old “three-legged stool” of the post-World War II conservative movement.
Published: Thursday, February 11th, 2021 @ 2:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s lawmakers are moving to advance school choice.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2021 @ 4:08 pm
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 released a request for applications to fund up to $10.6 million in community-based projects to prevent opioid overdoses for people who are involved in the justice system.
Published: Thursday, November 5th, 2020 @ 12:36 am
By: Governor's Office
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The Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force’s Educational Opportunity Subcommittee will host a virtual public roundtable on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 from 6-8 p.m.
Published: Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 @ 3:27 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Reopening schools is the top priority of Catherine Truitt, the Republican candidate for state superintendent.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 3:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The latest legal challenge to North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships has yet to head to a courtroom.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 11:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Three families that benefit from North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program hope to intervene in a lawsuit challenging that program.
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 @ 8:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A save-the-system-not-the-student mentality is at the center of the “left-leaning” N.C. Association of Educators’ lawsuit to thrust a dagger into the heart of our state’s school choice options.
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 3:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Remarks by President Trump in a Meeting on Opportunity Zones
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2020 @ 5:32 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Wherever you are in the North Carolina k-12 education debate, it’s unfortunate that things have become so politicized.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2020 @ 8:03 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Remarks by President Trump in Photo Opportunity with Sheriffs
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2019 @ 10:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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In his proposed budget released on Wednesday, Gov. Roy Cooper has provided the tax and spending details for his vision of a North Carolina determined to spend a lot more on state government
Published: Thursday, March 28th, 2019 @ 4:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We're fighting to give every American-all over the country, every single American-a future of dignity and purpose and of pride.
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2019 @ 12:05 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump is encouraging investment to create opportunity in distressed communities.
Published: Saturday, December 15th, 2018 @ 12:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Opponents of school choice in North Carolina are attacking the curricula in private schools
Published: Monday, December 3rd, 2018 @ 8:04 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina has won a federal grant totaling $23.6 million over five years to expand charter school opportunities
Published: Saturday, October 6th, 2018 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Debate over the impact of the Opportunity Scholarship Program was renewed recently when N.C. State researchers Anna Egalite, D.T. Stallings, and Stephen Porter published a study that found “large positive impacts associated with voucher usage in North Carolina.”
Published: Saturday, July 14th, 2018 @ 12:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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N.C. State University professors Anna Egalite and Stephen Porter find new recipients of Opportunity Scholarships scored significantly higher than their public school counterparts in math, reading, and language arts.
Published: Sunday, July 8th, 2018 @ 12:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Today, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis applauded the United States Treasury for certifying 252 "Opportunity Zones" in all 100 North Carolina counties
Published: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 @ 7:24 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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