This week, absent Governor Cooper's signature, the NC General Assembly's 2023-24/2024-25 biennium budget recommendations became law.
Published: Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 @ 11:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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A good friend, knowing how much I enjoy words, recently sent me a copy of Dr. Frank Luntz’s classic book, “Words that work.”
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 6:45 am
By: Tom Campbell
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A new Civitas Poll finds plenty of good news for school choice advocates
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 3:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Monday, the N.C. Senate Senate Republican Caucus elected its leadership team, keeping Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, in the role of Senate president pro tempore, frequently simplified to Senate leader.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 4:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Republicans captured all seven statewide contests in strong victories in the high profile 2022 midterm election, according to unofficial results from the N.C. Board of Elections.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 11:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The bill makes it harder for other states to interfere.
Published: Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: Daily Wire
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) rolled out a new agenda for House Republicans that he said the conference will pursue should they retake control of the chamber after the midterm elections in November.
Published: Sunday, September 25th, 2022 @ 8:16 pm
By: Daily Wire
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A Brunswick County charter school operator is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision to strike down the school's student dress code.
Published: Monday, September 19th, 2022 @ 1:58 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina legislators have filed a Parents’ Bill of Rights bill
Published: Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 @ 7:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The highest scoring states in the rankings were Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Kentucky, and South Dakota.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A new poll from a national advocacy group shows 72% of registered voters support the concept of school choice, a big leap from when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 @ 11:51 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Do growing numbers of minority voters aid the expansion of parental choice in North Carolina?
Published: Saturday, February 26th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last month, the ten members of the McMinn County, Tennessee school board voted unanimously to remove the book Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust, from the eighth-grade curriculum.
Published: Thursday, February 17th, 2022 @ 4:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recognition of National School Choice Week, the John Locke Foundation asked 600 likely general election voters to assess the condition of education in North Carolina and opine on the state’s popular public and private school choice programs.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 7:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When I first received word that Gov. Roy Cooper had signed a proclamation celebrating National School Choice Week, I believed it was a hoax.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 11:16 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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If you were tasked with organizing a system of publicly funded schools, how would you do it?
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 7:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Top 10 rights every parent deserves
Published: Friday, January 21st, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s self-described teachers’ union still has clout with many Democratic lawmakers in the legislature, but its influence — and popularity — with teachers and everyday North Carolinians appears to be waning.
Published: Sunday, November 21st, 2021 @ 3:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Claims that public charter schools encourage segregation grow louder every day.
Published: Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021 @ 6:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Slow school reopening, dropping enrollment, and union influence on health policy may mean new energy for the school choice movement
Published: Monday, May 10th, 2021 @ 2:39 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In North Carolina politics, few issues are as contentious as education.
Published: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 @ 8:30 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Earlier this month, the State Board of Education approved a new set of standards to guide the social-studies curriculum.
Published: Friday, February 12th, 2021 @ 1:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There is big money in the dark shadows of the left’s activist networks, and its most well-kept secret is infiltrating North Carolina.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2021 @ 5:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our schools have gone in a variety of directions.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2021 @ 10:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of Wisconsin parents, along with School Choice Wisconsin, is suing the city of Racine after the city closed its schools, defying a Wisconsin Supreme Court restraining order preventing the city from closing the schools.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 11:48 am
By: Daily Wire
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James Antle of the Washington Examiner highlights the president’s recent endorsement of school choice.
Published: Monday, August 3rd, 2020 @ 12:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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These have not been good weeks for anyone who watches the landscape of public education.
Published: Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 @ 10:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When it comes to giving parents more control over where their children attend elementary and secondary school, North Carolina has become a national leader
Published: Sunday, November 25th, 2018 @ 1:21 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The assessment in question was the 2017 version of the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) - commonly referred to as the nation's report card
Published: Wednesday, September 12th, 2018 @ 11:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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