The head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services objects to a request that would speed up action in a federal lawsuit dealing with foster children's mental health issues.
Published: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 @ 9:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Biden administration’s Department of Education announced millions of dollars in funding for colleges that train more minority teachers.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 11:26 pm
By: Daily Wire
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100-Day Review Outlines Steps to Strengthen Critical Supply Chains
Published: Thursday, June 17th, 2021 @ 4:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and John Cornyn (R-TX) sent a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts
Published: Friday, June 11th, 2021 @ 5:01 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, I have signed into law H.R. 8247.
Published: Tuesday, December 8th, 2020 @ 10:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Ed School Enrollment and the Limits of Public Policy
Published: Friday, December 29th, 2017 @ 12:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In an event that marked the end of Western civilization and the simultaneous destruction of capacity for human happiness, the FCC voted 3-2 to end net neutrality on Thursday
Published: Saturday, December 16th, 2017 @ 9:50 am
By: Daily Wire
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Staffing may hobble class size reduction efforts
Published: Friday, June 16th, 2017 @ 1:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolinians elected Richard Burr to fight for their interests in Washington, a task he has taken seriously.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2016 @ 3:44 am
By: Russell Allen
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Teacher education will be a hot-button issue in North Carolina's gubernatorial race this year. Democrats accuse Republicans of disrespecting the teaching profession and thus discouraging college-bound students from pursuing education as a course of study
Published: Thursday, August 4th, 2016 @ 5:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory is firing back at the US DOJ for their ridiculous demands to drop gender restrictions on bathrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms.
Published: Sunday, May 15th, 2016 @ 10:23 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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The truth is that education school enrollment is dropping nationwide. According to the latest Title II reports published by the U.S. Department of Education, there was a 30 percent drop in education school enrollment between the 2008-09 and 2012-13 school years. Nearly 110,000 fewer students...
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2015 @ 4:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is back-to-school time, which means that the mainstream media and public school advocacy groups are busy telling folks that Republicans are jeopardizing the welfare of North Carolina's public schools. What do the facts say?
Published: Saturday, September 5th, 2015 @ 10:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are concerns that students who pursue careers in education represent the least capable of those students who pursue college degrees. As Thomas Sowell observed in Inside American Education, "Consistently, for decades, those college students who have majored in education have been among the...
Published: Sunday, July 5th, 2015 @ 8:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fewer students are enrolled in teacher education programs in North Carolina and in nearly every other state in the nation. What is driving this nationwide trend, and what can we do about it?
Published: Tuesday, April 14th, 2015 @ 12:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Those who pay attention to state politics have heard it again and again. Enrollment in teacher education programs has dropped because Governor McCrory and evil state legislators do not "respect" the teaching profession.
Published: Sunday, April 12th, 2015 @ 2:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Have recent education reform measures approved by the N.C. General Assembly discouraged college students in our state from entering the teaching profession? Some folks seem to think so. In this week's CommenTerry, I take a closer look at the issue.
Published: Monday, September 1st, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The highway trust fund is running out of money and we need to do something to get the funding back up to a point where we will be able to maintain our Interstate highway system.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 @ 12:24 am
By: Jim Bispo
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The U.S. Department of Education has collected data on teacher shortage areas since the early 1990s.
Published: Sunday, May 25th, 2014 @ 12:05 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Established by Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), the Public Works Administration (PWA) was an expansive, Depression-era Federal government spending program that aimed to create jobs while improving the nation's infrastructure.
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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