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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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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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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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Accountability for publicly funded school choice programs should primarily come through parent empowerment, not regulatory overreach. That’s the assessment of a new report from Notre Dame Law School scholar Nicole Stelle Garnett published by the Manhattan Institute.
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 10:32 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Caroline Downey writes at National Review Online about a welcome defense of parental school choice.
Published: Friday, May 7th, 2021 @ 12:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jayme Metzgar writes for the Federalist about one state’s major turnaround on parental school choice.
Published: Thursday, April 1st, 2021 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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Of all the disturbing things emerging out of the News & Observer’s week-long screed against charter schools, few are as head-shaking as Tom Benton’s quote about parental choice
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2017 @ 12:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Parental choice in education is popular. About a fifth of North Carolina students are educated outside of district-run public schools, and this share will probably grow to a quarter or more in the coming years
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2017 @ 5:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Part I of our two-part response to Keith Poston’s column, I showed how budget data does not support the claim that state government is disinvesting in the public schools and how some of the budget issues Poston references derive from local – not state – decisions or priorities
Published: Monday, October 2nd, 2017 @ 3:47 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's a fact that African Americans are strong supporters of parental choice
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 2:36 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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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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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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As a very public advocate of parental choice in education for most of my adult life, I am used to having my intentions questioned.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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School accountability comes in two forms -- parental choice and testing.
Published: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 @ 4:39 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fair warning: I may be about to bore you to distraction. Is there any more potent political issue in North Carolina than education? Probably not. As allies of the teachers union, Democrats hope to ride the issue back into power in Raleigh, at least by 2016. As advocates of performance pay and...
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 9:01 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As an advocate for expanding parental choice in education, Terry has been a minority in a world dominated by education bureaucrats.
Published: Friday, January 31st, 2014 @ 1:56 pm
By: John William Pope Foundation
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School choice advocates won several high-profile battles this year over bills to expand and strengthen the charter school movement and to award private school vouchers to students struggling in public schools.
Published: Friday, August 16th, 2013 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina lawmakers have devoted much of their time in recent years to expanding parental choice in education. One option they might want to pursue in...
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 @ 3:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina conservatives have embraced parental choice and competition as indispensable elements of education reform for decades. Now that conservatives are in the majority in state government, you can expect more proposals to...
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2013 @ 8:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Now that North Carolina has lifted its public charter school cap and approved new tax credits for parents of children with special education needs, state leaders still have other options for improving parental choice in education.
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:03 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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School accountability comes in two forms. Either parents keep schools accountable by "voting with their feet" or states compel public school districts to administer standardized tests.
Published: Thursday, September 20th, 2012 @ 2:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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