North Carolina lawmakers have an opportunity. After spirited debate by participants on both sides of the aisle, last week members of the House Education Committee approved a bill (HB 944) to provide low income children with a voucher of up to $4,200 to attend nonpublic schools.
Published: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 @ 12:24 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In early August, North Carolina education officials announced that the state's graduation rate exceeded 80 percent for the first time. The game of political one-upmanship that followed was legendary.
Published: Thursday, August 30th, 2012 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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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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The wild swings in North Carolina's higher education budget may have come to a halt. Last year, the University of North Carolina system absorbed roughly $400 million in cuts -- a few years before that, higher ed was getting annual increases of 5 percent and more.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 12:30 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During this campaign season, I'm seeing a lot of North Carolina politicians promise to address the state's economic woes by helping more young people receive university degrees. In my view, this is not a serious policy proposal. It is just political pandering.
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The debate over the State budget's impact on public education has generated much heat and little light in the last few weeks. Democrats point to large budget reductions, personnel losses and talk of the devastating long-term consequences on students and the public schools.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 @ 8:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here we go again with Judge Manning weighing in on the legislature's deliberations as if it was any of his business as a judge. As a taxpayer, yes; but as a judge, no
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2011 @ 10:13 am
By: Jim Bispo
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