I'm talking about the political struggle over North Carolina's 3rd-grade reading standard, not the violent struggle between Paul Newman and the prison warden in "Cool Hand Luke." Nevertheless, the consequences could be severe if North Carolina's dispute isn't resolved. Any resolution, in turn...
Published: Sunday, March 16th, 2014 @ 11:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Recently, I have encountered folks who blame the N.C. General Assembly for introducing the Common Core State Standards to North Carolina.
Published: Monday, March 10th, 2014 @ 4:54 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.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2014 @ 10:47 pm
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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When Republicans took control of the legislature in January 2011, North Carolina's economy was struggling, the unemployment rate was 10.4%, citizens and businesses were burdened with a 1930s Depression-era tax code, and the state owed the federal government $2.5 billion.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 10:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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After a spring and summer of growing public discontent over the Common Core State Standards and their effect, the General Assembly decided it was finally time to study the issue.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 3:20 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A week before each monthly NC State Board of Education (SBE) meeting, state board staff post an agenda and meeting materials on the board's meeting website.
Published: Friday, December 6th, 2013 @ 11:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Virtual Public School is doing a poor job tracking enrollment figures, a new audit says. "Student enrollment is a key factor used to calculate NCVPS teacher pay," says the report, prepared by state Auditor Beth Wood's office. "As a result, there is an increased risk that errors could be...
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 10:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remember when debates over educational standards were "wonky" (read: boring) discussions of goals for student learning? Unfortunately, those days are long gone.
Published: Friday, October 11th, 2013 @ 2:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An editorial the Fayetteville Observer published in late June declared that North Carolina is facing a teacher shortage because "teacher pay stinks." This assessment of the teacher labor supply had been prompted by remarks by Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson, who speculated that...
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson said her concerns about allowing students to use vouchers to offset the cost of private schooling was more a principled support of public schools' role in modern society than the effect vouchers could have in meeting individual children's...
Published: Tuesday, August 13th, 2013 @ 10:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers adopted a 2013-14 budget conference report authorizing $7.9 billion in General Fund spending on K-12 education, which is up 4.8 percent over the $7.5 billion budget enacted for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Few pieces of education legislation filed this year have been subject to more debate than House Bill 944: Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Money to provide opportunity scholarships -- or school vouchers -- to children from lower income families has made it into the House budget...
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 11:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Sizzling oratory and stubborn statistics clashed as opponents of a tax-funded voucher bill for private schools squared off against advocates of the...
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory convened the first North Carolina Education Cabinet meeting in nearly three years today. At the meeting, the group outlined several key goals and objectives to improve our education system.
Published: Thursday, April 18th, 2013 @ 12:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Despite a ruling by the N.C. Court of Appeals saying the state has no interest in the property known as Hammocks Beach, lawyers working for Attorney General Roy Cooper are forcing John H. Hurst and his sister Harriet Hurst Turner to continue fighting for the 289-acre Onslow County waterfront...
Published: Monday, March 4th, 2013 @ 4:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, the Office of the Governor released the following pool report of Governor Pat McCrory's swearing-in ceremony, prepared by The Associated Press.
Published: Saturday, January 5th, 2013 @ 11:41 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Across North Carolina our teachers are being asked to do more with less, and have been for many years.
Published: Sunday, November 4th, 2012 @ 1:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Across North Carolina our teachers are being asked to do more with less, and have been for many years.
Published: Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 @ 10:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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But when the conversation turns to races like Secretary of State, Secretary of Labor, and Superintendent of Public Instruction, eyes glaze over, yawns break out, and looks of confusion take over.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 4:38 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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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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While Republican Senate leader Phil Berger introduced a comprehensive education reform package at the opening of this year's short legislative session, his GOP House colleagues are offering more limited, targeted changes in school policy.
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 6:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Jeanette Doran, who assumed the duties of executive director and general counsel of the North Carolina Institute of Constitutional Law in November, says she wants to expand the organization's reach.
Published: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 @ 10:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State public campaign funding for key races is drying up, a situation with significant implications for a number of candidates in this coming election season.
Published: Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 @ 11:05 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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