Refusing to look inward, opponents of school choice insist the only thing needed to improve public schools is more money
Published: Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 @ 5:43 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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Gov. Roy Cooper’s 11th-hour veto of a school reopening bill Friday isn’t sitting well with nearly half of North Carolina likely voters, a Civitas Flash Poll shows.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 4:25 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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When Sugar Creek Charter School graduates its first 12th-grade class this year, all 30 members will head to college
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 @ 11:14 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina does generally well according to national education standards, peers say, but it needs to take better advantage of opportunities to improve
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 1:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The ability to succeed in higher education - as defined by college readiness - has been one of the stated goals of the State Board of Education for every student in North Carolina.
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2016 @ 8:50 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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A state House committee on Wednesday looked at some of the successes and pitfalls neighboring Tennessee's Achievement School District has experienced as lawmakers pondered ways to turn around some of the state's worst performing schools.
Published: Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 @ 5:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Almost exactly 15 years ago, I wrote an education reform plan for the John Locke Foundation entitled “Reach for the STARS."
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Academic Standards Review Commission published their draft Report of Findings and Recommendations (PDF). The commission will vote on the report later today and deliver it to the NC State Board of Education for their consideration.
Published: Friday, January 8th, 2016 @ 5:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Texas, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New York, and North Carolina are in an exclusive club. Can you guess its membership policy?
Published: Saturday, July 25th, 2015 @ 9:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A survey of nearly 900 academic studies from the past quarter-century shows North Carolina has been moving in the right direction on education reform in recent years. That's a key conclusion from a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
Published: Saturday, May 24th, 2014 @ 8:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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