That’s the question Marguerite Roza of Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab sought to answer in a recent webinar on the topic.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 @ 12:25 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The wait is finally over. North Carolina has a solidified new state budget, and it includes a major victory for families across the state.
Published: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 @ 1:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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At long last, the North Carolina House and Senate are set to vote on a conference budget this week after months of delays.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 9:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new report on Florida’s K-12 education system describes the main tenets of Critical Social Justice, discusses how this ideology finds its way into K-12 schools, and documents how Florida has worked to reduce its spread
Published: Tuesday, November 28th, 2023 @ 12:51 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at the Kathy Taft Center for Leadership and Excellence in Pitt County to highlight the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2023 @ 2:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
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On Thursday, Democrat North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion to highlight what he called “the extreme Republican plans to undermine and underfund public education in North Carolina,” attacking the “unaccountable private school vouchers for the wealthy
Published: Thursday, September 14th, 2023 @ 10:53 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Bipartisan Calls from Public Education Leaders in 40 School Districts Across the State Urge Legislators to Invest in Public Schools
Published: Monday, September 11th, 2023 @ 7:54 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Over the past few weeks, Governor Roy Cooper has continued to sound the alarm on dangerous Republican plans that would gut funding for public education and expand private school vouchers so anyone – even a millionaire – can get taxpayer money for their children’s private school tuition.
Published: Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 @ 9:24 am
By: Governor's Office
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Bipartisan Calls from Public Education Leaders Across the State Urge Legislators to Invest in Public Schools, Stop Unaccountable Voucher Expansion
Published: Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 @ 11:48 am
By: Governor's Office
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper hosted a roundtable discussion at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College to highlight the extreme Republican plans to dismantle public education in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 1:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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As of now, only two third-party candidates have announced their campaigns for NC governor and they are both libertarians, setting up a third party primary for Super Tuesday in March, 2024.
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 2:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Bipartisan Calls from 30+ School Boards and Public Education Leaders Across the State to Invest in Public Schools
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 5:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The Pennsylvania GOP learned life lesson number one recently: don’t be so eager to work with the Left.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 10:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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North Carolina Republican lawmakers recently introduced legislation ( HB 823, SB 406) to significantly expand the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The House approved HB 823 while similar legislation in the Senate is still under consideration.
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 @ 11:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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RALEIGH: On May 23, Governor Roy Cooper sent a letter to all state legislators in the House and Senate urging them to make meaningful investments in North Carolina’s public schools, students and teachers and stop their plans to dismantle public education
Published: Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 @ 12:33 am
By: Governor's Office
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Oklahoma approved the first religious charter school in the U.S. on Monday.
Published: Thursday, June 22nd, 2023 @ 8:42 am
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Visits Washington Elementary in Raleigh to Highlight Need to Protect Public Education from Extreme Legislation
Published: Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 @ 3:35 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Opponents of school choice claim that private schools are unaccountable because they don’t have to satisfy every testing mandate required of traditional public schools, yet private schools are subject to the highest standard of accountability: parents
Published: Thursday, June 8th, 2023 @ 11:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina GOP should wear this declaration as a badge of honor.
Published: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 @ 11:55 am
By: Daily Wire
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School choice advocates in North Carolina had two reasons to smile this week.
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2023 @ 7:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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What can you do when already-powerful politicians grab more and more power?
Published: Saturday, May 13th, 2023 @ 9:25 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Policy choices in response to the pandemic increased parental demand for more educational options
Published: Wednesday, April 19th, 2023 @ 2:04 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Denies public schools are teaching Critical Race Theory, teachers are grooming and indoctrinating students, public schools push a woke agenda.
Published: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 @ 1:45 am
By: Daily Wire
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Some Republican-led states, including Tennessee, are joining Democrats in actively resisting school choice policies after dozens of red states have already begun implementing such changes.
Published: Saturday, April 1st, 2023 @ 9:52 am
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Cooper released his budget recommendations earlier today.
Published: Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 @ 12:53 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Annual Award for Excellence Ceremony honors employees for outstanding public service
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2023 @ 11:13 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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How do voucher programs impact district achievement, segregation, or district per pupil expenditures?
Published: Thursday, December 29th, 2022 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arizona passed a massive school choice expansion over the summer.
Published: Saturday, October 1st, 2022 @ 11:54 am
By: Daily Wire
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The first occurs during ages 2-7, with a second one occurring during adolescence. At the start of these periods, the number of connections (synapses) between brain cells (neurons) doubles.
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2022 @ 9:32 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman sends at least one of his children to a private school with a five-figure tuition despite opposing voucher programs, according to a Friday report from The Washington Free Beacon.
Published: Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 9:27 am
By: Daily Wire
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Polling shows that nearly three-in-four North Carolinians support school choice.
Published: Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 3:35 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The Supreme Court has given families and school choice advocates another reason to smile. In a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, the Court ruled in Carson v Makin that Maine violated the U.S. Constitution
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2022 @ 6:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Arizona lawmakers passed a groundbreaking bill last week allowing the State’s 1.1 million students — from kindergarten to high school graduation — access to a school of their choice.
Published: Sunday, July 10th, 2022 @ 2:35 am
By: Daily Wire
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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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