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A new study shows that scaling school choice is more cost-effective in improving public school student performance than simply increasing spending on public schools.
Published: Friday, March 13th, 2026 @ 2:31 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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LibsofTikTok video of potentially underage student getting lap dance during drag performance at NC community college goes viral
Published: Tuesday, April 11th, 2023 @ 12:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Student research project, performance explore healing from trauma
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 @ 11:55 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Original music is composed, performed by ECU students
Published: Saturday, November 5th, 2022 @ 4:34 am
By: ECU News Services
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We know our Students are Years Behind in their education. Students' performance is well below average proficiency scores.
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2022 @ 3:08 am
By: Gary Carlton
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Twenty-five years ago, Robert Leandro and his mother, Kathleen Leandro, lent their name to one of the most significant education lawsuits in North Carolina history.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 @ 11:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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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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Much like a colony, East Carolina University sculpture students became worker bees at an Oct. 29 iron pour and public performance
Published: Friday, November 11th, 2016 @ 1:53 am
By: ECU News Services
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Last week, the NC Department of Public Instruction released financial data for the 2014-15 school year. In the table below, I included per pupil expenditure figures and (composite) grade-level math and reading proficiency percentages for students in grades 3-8.
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 11:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Last week, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction released student performance data for all schools and school districts in the state. The release included school performance grades, end-of-course and end-of-grade achievement level results, school accountability growth data, the 4-year and...
Published: Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 @ 3:44 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The State Board of Education's decision to intervene in the affairs of the Halifax County Schools is hardly surprising. Decades of mismanagement and dysfunction have led to high teacher turnover rates and appalling student achievement outcomes.
Published: Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 @ 6:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new Civitas Poll of registered North Carolina voters shows they are open to options for schools, assessment of students, and education funding.
Published: Friday, July 17th, 2015 @ 12:04 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Although I agree that other parts of the House budget are problematic, their K-12 education budget includes additional funding for a number of promising initiatives and research-based programs. Clearly, the Republican leadership recognizes that boosting student performance requires targeted...
Published: Monday, June 15th, 2015 @ 4:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A Senate bill aimed at reducing the need for remedial education courses at community colleges would intervene too late in a high school student's career to have a broad impact on college performance, says a scholar based at Appalachian State University who focuses on student development.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 8:24 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a project of the U.S. Department of Education, administers U.S. history, geography, and civics assessments once every four years. In 2014, a representative sample of over 29,000 eighth-grade students from across the nation took one of the...
Published: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 @ 6:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Those who care about education reform learned a lot on February 5 when North Carolina released its first letter grades for public schools. The grades reflect three sets of information: average student performance on end-of-year tests, the amount of annual growth in those scores, and graduation...
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 10:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For the first time, the state has assigned letter grades to each public school in North Carolina. The grades are designed to allow parents and taxpayers to be better informed about the performance of public schools in their areas and statewide.
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 4:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Because of the tremendous benefits conferred by better education, it would be great if policymakers knew precisely what silver bullets to fire to eliminate obstacles to higher achievement.
Published: Sunday, January 11th, 2015 @ 12:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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How much of your money is spent to educate one high school graduate in North Carolina? $50,000? $75,000? Our new analysis shows that North Carolina taxpayers spend about $150,000 for each student who receives a high school diploma...
Published: Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 @ 6:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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This study synthesizes findings from 888 articles published in peer-reviewed journals or by the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1990. We focus on studies that explore relationships between inputs or policies (such as per-pupil expenditure, average teacher salary, class size...
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 3:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Liberal politicians, left-wing activists, and the teacher union may not like it, but the North Carolina General Assembly is not about to abandon its reforms of teacher hiring, firing, and compensation. That's because the lawmakers who enacted them are familiar with the empirical research about what
Published: Monday, April 7th, 2014 @ 8:17 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two new permanent commissions should help North Carolina leaders decide whether to modify or replace controversial Common Core public school standards. That's the recommendation the John Locke Foundation's top education expert puts forward in a new Spotlight report.
Published: Monday, February 24th, 2014 @ 5:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What high school curriculum best prepares a student for college? Which majors yield the highest-paying jobs? Does being held back in kindergarten ultimately help or hurt lifelong educational performance?
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 2:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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What high school curriculum best prepares a student for college? Which majors yield the highest-paying jobs? Does being held back in kindergarten ultimately help or hurt lifelong educational performance? A new data collection program may provide the necessary long-term information to...
Published: Sunday, December 29th, 2013 @ 11:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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A memorable example dates back to March 4, 1999, when the governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released the results of national reading exams. They showed that North Carolina was one of only five states that posted significant gains in 4th-grade reading...
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Student end-of-course evaluations are widely used by colleges and universities to determine the success of courses and the effectiveness of their instructors. Schools often use such student feedback even to determine instructors...
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 @ 1:51 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson is traveling across the Tar Heel State to educate voters about the relationship between smaller class sizes and improved student performance.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 2:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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