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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If you ask the average person about private schools, most will say they are expensive and cost more to attend than traditional public schools
Published: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 @ 9:09 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A new look at rule-making activity in North Carolina shows that regulation, as the old beach tee puts it, keeps on truckin'
Published: Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 @ 10:22 pm
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 recent study by the League of Women Voters reported "77 percent of private schools receiving vouchers are using curricula that do not comply with state standards, leaving many students unprepared for college-level coursework or careers in certain fields."
Published: Saturday, July 7th, 2018 @ 8:46 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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President Trump's National Space Strategy works within his broader national security policy by putting America's interests first
Published: Monday, March 26th, 2018 @ 1:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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At Radcliffe Boatworks LLC. we strive to help give our costumers the best experience they can receive while helping them to build their dream boat.
Published: Sunday, February 11th, 2018 @ 10:37 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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If you are old enough to have played on the playground see-saw, you no doubt know that the biggest kid can keep you up in the air all day if he wants to and there ain't much you can do about it
Published: Saturday, December 23rd, 2017 @ 1:03 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The political interests of colleges and universities are adding to a growing list of problems for the schools over the past decade, and the free market will punish them accordingly, experts say
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2017 @ 10:36 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A good percentage of North Carolinians think charter schools are private schools
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2017 @ 12:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last Thursday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed legislation to significantly expand the state’s popular Empowerment Scholarship Account program
Published: Friday, May 5th, 2017 @ 8:26 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Dr. James Otteson, a business school professor at Wake Forest University, came up with an intriguing idea
Published: Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 @ 1:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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As recent events have reminded us, North Carolina's state government is not a precise analogue to the federal government
Published: Monday, March 6th, 2017 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State House members continue to push for a constitutional amendment to protect private landowners' from eminent domain seizures for economic development projects
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I just read on a Facebook ad that William Shatner had died, but, I can't find that prescient news anywhere else, save Facebook.
Published: Monday, January 9th, 2017 @ 6:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two workers in the Department of Public Safety violated rules for state vehicles which cost taxpayers more than $7,000, a new report by state Auditor Beth Wood's office says
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Hillary B. Clinton is speaking now about her e-mails after admonishing congressional Republicans for their position against Iran getting a nuclear device, which was just after her discussion of female inequality in America.
Published: Thursday, November 10th, 2016 @ 5:12 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This guy spills the beans about sensitive information, private information, national security information and he is talked about as if he's a hero.
Published: Monday, September 12th, 2016 @ 12:22 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Home, Private Schools Saved Taxpayers Between $1.35 and $1.58 Billion
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2016 @ 3:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On Friday, the president of a top public-interest watchdog group issued the following statement regarding U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan's decision...
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 7:26 am
By: Jim Kouri
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Recent studies reveal a disturbing trend in higher education: colleges, both private and public, are increasingly devoting a significant amount of time and money to public relations.
Published: Monday, August 8th, 2016 @ 4:38 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Mark Twain's famous quip about the rumors of his demise applies to the private higher education lending industry
Published: Friday, June 24th, 2016 @ 4:56 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If we want North Carolina to grow and develop robustly, we have to raise taxes and use the money to "invest" in education, Medicaid, infrastructure, and other public services
Published: Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 @ 4:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since 2013, North Carolina has the #1 fastest growing economy in the nation, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis
Published: Monday, May 2nd, 2016 @ 6:35 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Published: Sunday, May 1st, 2016 @ 1:45 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Governor Pat McCrory announced today that Chris Estes is stepping down as State Chief Information Officer to return to the private sector. The governor tasked Estes with improving the efficiency of the state's information technology structure and improving the service experience for...
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 1:08 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The higher education establishment is growing worried about privatization. Should the rest of us do the same
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2015 @ 10:10 am
By: John William Pope Center
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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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The N.C. Division of Non-Public Education is the state agency responsible for home and private school oversight and data collection. This week, the agency published annual private and home school statistics for the 2014-15 school year.
Published: Thursday, August 27th, 2015 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Most Southern family history books have retyped CSA letters.
Published: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015 @ 3:55 am
By: Ted McDonald
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Academia is notoriously resistant to major changes. Whereas private sector firms rise, fall, merge, reorganize, acquire, and cast off unprofitable divisions with amazing speed, colleges and universities are hampered by unwieldy systems of governance, iron-bound traditions, and intense resistance...
Published: Thursday, June 25th, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Amid from restaurant owners and patrons of downtown dining establishments, a committee of the Raleigh City Council seems poised to ease proposed restrictions on patio dining and outdoor imbibing in taverns and eating establishments along the Fayetteville Street corridor downtown.
Published: Sunday, June 14th, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about why I thought President Obama's Community College Proposal was a bad idea. His plan to provide up to two years of free tuition to community college students who maintained a 2.5 G.P.A would cost $6 billion a year, is ill conceived, and based on fallacious assumptions.
Published: Sunday, April 19th, 2015 @ 1:00 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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