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 exclusive interview with Carolina Journal, UNC system President Margaret Spellings discussed her leadership priorities, the future of UNC's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the impacts of technology on the future of higher education
Published: Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 @ 6:19 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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In recent years, teacher shortages, along with high attrition rates in rural areas and in fields such as secondary math and science, have prompted state officials to look to the UNC system for more teachers.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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For years, North Carolina policymakers have stressed the importance of increasing K-12 teacher production and retention rates. Teacher shortages and high attrition rates in rural and low-income areas and in fields such as secondary math and science and special education have prompted many...
Published: Sunday, February 1st, 2015 @ 8:42 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Tom Ross is on the way out as president of the University of North Carolina - although he will remain in his position until January 2016. While Ross's departure was inevitable, it is puzzling that John Fennebresque, who serves as chairman of the system's Board of Governors, extended Ross's tenure...
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 9:12 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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When Republicans won their legislative majorities in 2010 and expanded them in 2012, they ran on a platform of fiscal conservatism and reform.
Published: Thursday, September 4th, 2014 @ 5:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A small change in a North Carolina law affecting charter schools could have a major impact on teacher education in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 @ 4:32 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors gives high priority to preparation of elementary and high school teachers, and for good reason. The education schools in the state university system produce one-third of the new teachers in North Carolina each year.
Published: Saturday, July 6th, 2013 @ 11:02 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Facing a multi-billion dollar budget deficit in 2011, the state legislature reduced and eliminated a variety of programs in order to balance the budget.
Published: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 @ 9:18 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Would enrolling more out-of-state students help finance our state's university system, raise its national reputation, and spur the economy? Or would it be a slap in the face to state...
Published: Saturday, February 9th, 2013 @ 12:17 pm
By: Duke Cheston
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