State test scores show slight improvement over last year’s scores but still trail prepandemic levels
Published: Friday, October 13th, 2023 @ 5:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Cooper recently declared a “state of emergency for public education,” claiming Republican policies aim to “choke the life out of public education” by cutting budgets, siphoning funds, and funneling tax dollars to unaccountable private schools
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 9:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Cooper is warning others to oppose the expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program because he thinks private schools lack accountability
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2023 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Message to Voters of Beaufort County from Gary Carlton in Four Parts
Published: Monday, May 9th, 2022 @ 8:34 am
By: Gary Carlton
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Beaufort County Students are Years behind in their education.
Published: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022 @ 1:06 pm
By: Gary Carlton
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Test results in reading, math, and science for the 2020-21 school year show the effects school closures and remote learning have had on public school students in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 5th, 2021 @ 12:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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She is tiny in frame, only 4 feet, 8 inches tall, but Sherry-Lynn Womack, a Lee County School board member who is starting her second term, is standing tall against a liberal driven backlash for exercising her First Amendment rights.
Published: Thursday, January 21st, 2021 @ 10:28 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The House on Monday, April 29, unveiled a $14 billion education budget for fiscal 2019-20.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 11:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Raleigh Charter High School is one of the top schools in the country, but it’s not what one would call a typical public school.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2019 @ 3:35 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The 2017-18 school performance grades are in, and it’s mixed bag of good news and bad. Meanwhile, education leaders continue to promise improvements in academic performance
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 3:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers want to give virtual charter schools more time to improve student performance as the four year pilot program nears completion
Published: Friday, May 4th, 2018 @ 1:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Division of Local School Administrative Units took a detour from talking about district size to explore innovative programs across the state
Published: Friday, April 6th, 2018 @ 1:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Parents, educators, and the general public now have easier access to North Carolina school report cards
Published: Sunday, December 10th, 2017 @ 10:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Proponents of school choice in North Carolina have reason to cheer the state’s ninth-place ranking in the Center for Education Reform Parent Power! Index for 2017
Published: Saturday, October 14th, 2017 @ 9:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What's on my Christmas list this year for educators, parents, students and taxpayers? Three simple goals: Expanding educational freedom, making our schools more efficient and accountable and enhancing transparency
Published: Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 6:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Accountability — and our outdated concept of it — is a topic Andy Smarick of the Fordham Institute artfully explores in recent blog post “Public Accountability vs. Consumer Accountability”.
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2016 @ 10:38 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's back-to-school time and parents everywhere want not only to encourage their children academically, but also want to know how their child's school is performing.
Published: Thursday, October 13th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In March, the National Education Association (NEA) released their latest Rankings and Estimates report. Last school year, North Carolina's average teacher salary ranked 42nd in the nation and trailed 41st-ranked Louisiana by just over $100. The new edition of the report should be released...
Published: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 @ 5:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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If you want to find an education issue where there seems to be universal agreement in North Carolina, talk about testing. Most everyone agrees we subject our kids to too much of it.
Published: Sunday, July 5th, 2015 @ 9:42 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Today North Carolina released A-F grades for all traditional public and charter schools. News outlets have been all over the story and pundits are angling to put a spin on what is expected to be a tough day for many schools.
Published: Saturday, February 21st, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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I have a pretty utilitarian view of class sizes. Sometimes smaller class sizes make a big difference. Special needs students and those who require intensive instruction or remediation surely benefit from smaller classes.
Published: Saturday, February 8th, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the dust settles on the landmark 2013 North Carolina legislative session, conservatives can look upon the accomplishments of the state legislature and find much to celebrate.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 8:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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