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Now is a good time for lemonade. At least that’s true of metaphorical lemonade squeezed from life’s lemons.
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 4:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Since 2011, the Republican-led General Assembly has enacted transformational reforms
Published: Friday, October 27th, 2017 @ 11:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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In his budget to the legislature, set to be presented tomorrow, Governor Roy Cooper will announce an ambitious and forward-thinking education plan to make North Carolina a "Top 10 Educated State" by 2025
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2017 @ 5:53 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Accreditation is supposed to act as a quality guarantee for colleges and universities, but it works very poorly
Published: Wednesday, November 30th, 2016 @ 5:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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During her primary fight with Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton argued that his "free college" promise went too far. Now, however, Clinton has come out with a plan to make public colleges and universities free for families who earn less than $125,000 annually.
Published: Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 @ 11:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There are many reasons for North Carolinians to be proud of the statewide education reforms implemented over the last five years.
Published: Friday, October 14th, 2016 @ 12:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In Donald Trump's America working families get tax relief, millions of new jobs created, wages go up, small businesses thrive, and the American dream is achievable.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 @ 6:42 pm
By: Russell Allen
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Conservatives Should Support Achievement Districts
Published: Friday, August 26th, 2016 @ 12:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Seemingly, nothing now stands between Hillary Clinton and the Democratic nomination, so it's worth looking anew at her proposals regarding higher education
Published: Saturday, July 23rd, 2016 @ 9:58 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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While teacher pay raises headlined education issues during North Carolina's 2016-17 legislative session, several other key policy changes were packed into the K-12 agenda, including measures that will provide performance-based bonuses for top educators across the state
Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2016 @ 9:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Although the debate about education policy is robust, complicated, and sometimes vitriolic, there is actually broad agreement about the bottom line
Published: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 @ 6:37 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The recent decision by the State Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of school vouchers has turned supporters toward the future and critics toward raising the volume on public discussion.
Published: Sunday, August 30th, 2015 @ 5:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The end of the school year is in sight, which means that North Carolinians will be subjected to a slew of "take this job and shove it" missives from the state's public school teachers. As usual, the attention given to them will be overblown.
Published: Monday, May 25th, 2015 @ 1:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two of the state's most powerful lawmakers are perplexed that their education reform bill passed unanimously in the House but immediately was assigned to the Senate's Ways and Means Committee, a graveyard for legislation.
Published: Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 @ 4:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released its first comprehensive review of education programs in 2013, many K-12 education reformers were enthusiastic. Prominent news coverage and support from school superintendents called attention to the need to improve teacher preparation.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2014 @ 1:17 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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I have been discussing teacher pay rankings for years. In fact, three years ago I wrote a newsletter piece titled, Education spending in North Carolina: The ranking problem. In that piece, I outlined the major problems associated with the National Education Association (NEA) rankings of teacher...
Published: Sunday, August 3rd, 2014 @ 9:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Earl Jones wants to win back the North Carolina House District 60 seat he lost four years ago, but will have to defeat Cecil Brockman, a campaign strategist who helped to oust him from the General Assembly, and David Small, a youthful small business owner.
Published: Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 @ 2:20 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Tax reform goes into effect in 2014, lowering tax rates for every individual and corporation in the state. Regular review and routine repeal of burdensome regulations will begin to loosen government's grip on businesses, signaling that North Carolina is again open for business and welcomes entrepren
Published: Friday, January 17th, 2014 @ 5:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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You can reform particular organizations - a university or a department - but you cannot reform education as a whole. Why? Because education is a spontaneous order.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2013 @ 3:01 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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A memorable example dates back to March 4, 1999, when the governing board of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released the results of national reading exams. They showed that North Carolina was one of only five states that posted significant gains in 4th-grade reading...
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:57 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Lawmakers adopted a 2013-14 budget conference report authorizing $7.9 billion in General Fund spending on K-12 education, which is up 4.8 percent over the $7.5 billion budget enacted for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 5:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory called on North Carolina's education leaders to increase their production of community college and university graduates as well as devise more innovative methods to increase teacher pay.
Published: Friday, June 21st, 2013 @ 4:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Once again we hear calls for education reform and like many issues there is some right and some wrong in what is being discussed.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 11:07 am
By: Tom Campbell
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N.C. Senate leader Phil Berger Tuesday unveiled the second phase of his education reform agenda, calling for an end to teacher tenure, placing a greater emphasis on literacy, pushing for accountability in...
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2013 @ 12:14 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina conservatives have embraced parental choice and competition as indispensable elements of education reform for decades. Now that conservatives are in the majority in state government, you can expect more proposals to...
Published: Sunday, February 24th, 2013 @ 8:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The higher education reform world is starting to get crowded. It seems as if every time you blink your eyes, there's a new organization or website focusing on the reform of higher education.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 7:02 pm
By: Jay Schalin
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Excitement about school choice is helping to remake North Carolina public and private schools. Enrollment in charter schools is exploding.
Published: Friday, August 31st, 2012 @ 1:23 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The 2012 short session of the General Assembly saw some proposed reforms to the public schools move forward, while others lacked the political support to advance.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While Republican Senate leader Phil Berger introduced a comprehensive education reform package at the opening of this year's short legislative session, his GOP House colleagues are offering more limited, targeted changes in school policy.
Published: Friday, June 1st, 2012 @ 6:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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