A new study from the Heritage Foundation finds that states with expansive school choice have lower private-school tuition rate increases than states without school choice.
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 5:25 am
By: Carolina Journal
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at the Kathy Taft Center for Leadership and Excellence in Pitt County to highlight the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 2:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Thursday, Democrat North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion to highlight what he called “the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina,” attacking the “unaccountable private school vouchers for the wealthy
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Over the past few weeks, Governor Roy Cooper has continued to sound the alarm on dangerous Republican plans that would gut funding for public education and expand private school vouchers so anyone – even a millionaire – can get taxpayer money for their children’s private school tuition.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to highlight the extreme Republican plans to dismantle public education in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 1:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion about the extreme NC General Assembly legislation that would undermine and underfund public education.
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 8:20 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: On May 23, Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to all state legislators in the House and Senate urging them to make meaningful investments in North Carolina’s public schools, students and teachers and stop their plans to dismantle public education
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 @ 12:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits College Road Early Childhood Center and Greene Central High School to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education
Published: Saturday, June 24th, 2023 @ 12:07 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits Weaverville Primary School to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2023 @ 12:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Visits Washington Elementary in Raleigh to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education from Extreme Legislation
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 3:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Cooper outlines devastating impacts of Republican legislature’s schemes to give vouchers to millionaires, defund public schools and push culture wars in the classroom and urges North Carolinians to contact their legislators to protect public schools
Published: Monday, June 12th, 2023 @ 8:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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All families in North Carolina would be eligible for the Opportunity Scholarship Program under a bill that moved through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday.
Published: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 @ 11:46 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans have introduced a bill this session that would create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) in North Carolina. Here is a quick primer on what ESAs are, what other states are doing on this issue, and what could be on tap here in the Tar Heel State.
Published: Thursday, May 18th, 2023 @ 7:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Several recent legislative proposals aim to expand North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program to serve more students and families
Published: Monday, May 15th, 2023 @ 12:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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NC House of Reps on Tues. will consider several bills designed to open up school choice for families
Published: Monday, May 1st, 2023 @ 5:18 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Policy choices in response to the pandemic increased parental demand for more educational options
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 2:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Nearly seven-in-10 registered voters in North Carolina support expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program to all families, regardless of income. That’s one of the findings of a new poll from Carolina Partnership for Reform.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Lawmakers have introduced a bill in the North Carolina House that would create a universal Education Savings Account to allow parents to pay directly for approved non-public educational expenses for their children.
Published: Friday, April 14th, 2023 @ 5:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Some Republican-led states, including Tennessee, are joining Democrats in actively resisting school choice policies after dozens of red states have already begun implementing such changes.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 9:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction has released data on public school finances for 2021-22.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2022 @ 3:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Raising Expectations with Child Opportunity Vouchers for Educational Recovery (RECOVER) Act to empower parents to solve the learning loss crisis facing today’s students.
Published: Tuesday, August 16th, 2022 @ 5:29 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Northampton County is the only majority-choice county in North Carolina, with 57% enrolled in private, home, and public charter schools
Published: Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 @ 9:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arizona lawmakers passed a groundbreaking bill last week allowing the State’s 1.1 million students — from kindergarten to high school graduation — access to a school of their choice.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 2:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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Gov. Roy Cooper has been a stalwart opponent of school choice since securing the governor’s office in 2016.
Published: Thursday, January 20th, 2022 @ 7:26 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A Republican congressman from North Carolina would expand school choice for students across the nation facing mask mandates or classroom instruction based on Critical Race Theory.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 12:46 pm
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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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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All families should be empowered to make the decision that is right for their own circumstance.
Published: Tuesday, December 29th, 2020 @ 10:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina is facing an education crisis.
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 2:19 am
By: Tom Campbell
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North Carolina’s largest teacher organization is suing to kill a program helping low-income families send their children to private schools.
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a rule banning religious private schools from participating in scholarship programs.
Published: Thursday, July 9th, 2020 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The coronavirus recession, the Great Lockdown, and the Great Suppression are all terms used to describe the global economic downturn produced by COVID-19 mitigation measures.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The John Locke Foundation is kicking off National School Choice Week with a talk from Robert Luddy, the creator of several charter and private schools in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 3:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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