On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Maine’s ban on using state money to pay for scholarships at religious schools.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 7:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The highest scoring states in the rankings were Nebraska, North Dakota, Vermont, Kentucky, and South Dakota.
Published: Thursday, May 5th, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The recent Civitas School Choice Poll highlights the growing popularity of school choice in North Carolina and the public’s desire for expanded educational options.
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 12:56 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In recognition of National School Choice Week, the John Locke Foundation asked 600 likely general election voters to assess the condition of education in North Carolina and opine on the state’s popular public and private school choice programs.
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 7:55 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Defenders of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to hear a lawsuit challenging the voucher program.
Published: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 @ 10:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Critics of educational freedom increasingly use the threat of privatization to shine a negative spotlight on school choice programs.
Published: Friday, January 14th, 2022 @ 12:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new poll by Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina provides more good news for school choice supporters in the Tar Heel state. The survey polled 500 likely voters on a variety of school choice issues.
Published: Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 @ 2:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A bill to expand the Opportunity Scholarship Program passed the N.C. House, 69-49, on Tuesday, April 13, following a floor debate that focused on accountability.
Published: Sunday, April 18th, 2021 @ 7:34 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Republicans in the N.C. House are advancing a bill that would expand and strengthen the state’s three school-choice scholarship programs that help low-income children and those with special needs attend a private school.
Published: Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 @ 9:06 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina’s lawmakers are moving to advance school choice.
Published: Sunday, January 31st, 2021 @ 4:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With President Biden in the White House and Democrats in control of both houses of Congress, conservatives are bracing for a flurry of policy changes on issues they care about.
Published: Thursday, January 28th, 2021 @ 1:19 am
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of Wisconsin parents, along with School Choice Wisconsin, is suing the city of Racine after the city closed its schools, defying a Wisconsin Supreme Court restraining order preventing the city from closing the schools.
Published: Thursday, December 10th, 2020 @ 11:48 am
By: Daily Wire
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In politics, at some point, you have to have ideas that appeal to the voting public.
Published: Monday, November 9th, 2020 @ 10:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Discussion of the coronavirus dominated the first half-hour of the gubernatorial debate between incumbent Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper and Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Forest.
Published: Saturday, October 17th, 2020 @ 12:34 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Virtual learning is taking a toll on Chloe Dixon’s children.
Published: Thursday, October 8th, 2020 @ 3:16 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Reopening schools is the top priority of Catherine Truitt, the Republican candidate for state superintendent.
Published: Saturday, October 3rd, 2020 @ 3:01 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A group of teachers is prioritizing itself over students, experts say of recent tactics from the N.C. Association of Educators.
Published: Thursday, September 24th, 2020 @ 4:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Over the last decade the number of education options available to North Carolina parents has grown significantly.
Published: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 @ 3:25 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Gov. Roy Cooper owns this. He owns the coronavirus response and everything that will follow.
Published: Tuesday, September 15th, 2020 @ 7:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The latest legal challenge to North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarships has yet to head to a courtroom.
Published: Sunday, September 13th, 2020 @ 11:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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School is supposed to be a place where students learn democratic values and how to contribute to society.
Published: Friday, September 4th, 2020 @ 5:58 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Because the state hasn't passed an actual budget bill since FY 2018-19, however, the recommendations are essentially spending adjustments because there is no actual budget to adjust.
Published: Thursday, September 3rd, 2020 @ 5:00 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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“Support for a Determined North Carolina” lays out a path to weather the pandemic while boosting the state in the long term
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2020 @ 10:49 am
By: Governor's Office
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed.
Published: Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 @ 8:56 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Traditional public school wasn’t working for Charlonda Brown’s two sons.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 9:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
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John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist offers an idea for responding to teachers unions that don’t want reopened schools.
Published: Monday, August 10th, 2020 @ 9:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Follow the money, the saying goes.
Published: Saturday, August 8th, 2020 @ 5:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 10:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Eric Boehm writes at Reason.com about the disconnect between teachers unions’ current demands and actual threats COVID-19 poses to schools reopening.
Published: Thursday, August 6th, 2020 @ 9:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s largest teacher organization is suing to kill a program helping low-income families send their children to private schools.
Published: Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 @ 11:44 am
By: Carolina Journal
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This week, the plaintiffs and the defendants in the Leandro v. North Carolina case submitted their action plan to Superior Court Judge David Lee, who was appointed four years ago to oversee the state’s compliance with the 26-year-old case.
Published: Thursday, June 18th, 2020 @ 3:11 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Leandro v. State of North Carolina casts a long shadow over the public schools in the Tar Heel state.
Published: Saturday, May 23rd, 2020 @ 11:12 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The coronavirus recession, the Great Lockdown, and the Great Suppression are all terms used to describe the global economic downturn produced by COVID-19 mitigation measures.
Published: Saturday, May 9th, 2020 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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