For years teachers have felt frustrated because they believe they are underpaid for a mentally and physically demanding job.
Published: Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have NO PROBLEM with anything you say. I used to type up my mother's tests on that smelly alcohol duplicator stencil.
Published: Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 @ 6:41 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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This article is Part I of a two-part series examining how North Carolina's public school system pays its teachers.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 3:28 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A number of years ago, our Legislature had a new idea: Let's follow many other states and keep NC Education strong by putting in a Lottery to raise money.
Published: Sunday, March 9th, 2014 @ 1:08 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Do other professions require their "best" employees to give up an accomplishment to get a raise?
Published: Saturday, March 1st, 2014 @ 3:59 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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In an editorial earlier this week, News & Observer editors admonished those who seek to slow down the implementation of Common Core Standards and want the state to back out from national testing requirements.
Published: Saturday, January 25th, 2014 @ 7:46 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory offered a preview of his education initiatives that he said are being built on delivering high academic results for students and rewarding and respecting the state's teachers.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 @ 2:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This week, the subject of textbook funding has been brought to the fore by an article, and subsequent editorial, published in the News & Observer.
Published: Sunday, December 22nd, 2013 @ 1:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The table represents full-time equivalent (FTE), state paid, classroom teachers as of the 3rd pay period. The FTE counts were obtained through the NC Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) Educational Directory and Demographical Information Exchange (EDDIE) database.
Published: Sunday, December 15th, 2013 @ 1:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Assumes national standards are the route to superior academic and economic performance.
Published: Tuesday, November 26th, 2013 @ 7:10 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Don't panic. That's the message most of us have been hearing all day from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 9:54 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Well, it appears that public education is back in the news. The North Carolina Bankers Association - of all groups - has endorsed the Common Core curriculum for the state's public schools.
Published: Friday, November 8th, 2013 @ 10:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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News outlets and the blogosphere have been filled with stories and opinions concerning the so-called "Walk In" being staged Monday in support of teachers and our schools.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 @ 11:20 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Of the 26 new public charter schools given preliminary approval to open in fall 2014, two were spearheaded by the Accelerator Program operated by Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, October 31st, 2013 @ 3:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While North Carolina's mainstream media was on its extended Labor Day vacation, The Heartland Institute decided to pick up the slack and do a little reporting about what's happening within our fair state's public education system
Published: Monday, September 9th, 2013 @ 11:53 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Last week, this column broke the fact that North Carolina ranks at the top (number 11) in state-level spending on education. Although the Tar Heel State ranks 45th on overall spending on education, it has nothing to do with any policy promulgated by the General Assembly.
Published: Sunday, August 25th, 2013 @ 5:47 pm
By: Thom Goolsby
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Vladimir Lenin said, "A lie told often enough becomes the truth." Professional educrats (education bureaucrats) and their buddies in the mainstream media have taken this quote to heart.
Published: Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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In a previous article, I highlighted questionable assumptions underlying national Common Core Standards (CCS) in English and mathematics, which in 2010 were adopted by the North Carolina State Board of Education.
Published: Saturday, April 13th, 2013 @ 10:09 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It's absolutely refreshing to hear an elected official championing the supremacy of the free market over the iron-fist of the bureaucracy.
Published: Friday, March 29th, 2013 @ 4:05 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Vouchers tend to be more transparent and easier for parents to understand than other types of choice options.
Published: Wednesday, March 13th, 2013 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's time for North Carolina and federal leaders to develop healthy skepticism about large-scale government-run pre-kindergarten education in schools - because there's mounting evidence that the programs do little or no good.
Published: Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 @ 10:15 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The single-largest expenditure of state taxpayers funds in North Carolina is public education. We spend billions of dollars on public schools, community colleges, and public universities.
Published: Monday, November 26th, 2012 @ 9:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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There was no disguising harsh sentiments between candidates for state superintendent of public instruction at a public forum in Raleigh Monday night when incumbent Democrat June Atkinson and Republican challenger John Tedesco clashed over a 90-minute span.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 11:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The committee contemplating a strategic plan for our university system was asked an interesting question in their opening session: How much education does North Carolina need?
Published: Saturday, October 13th, 2012 @ 5:41 am
By: Tom Campbell
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Technological and online tools are revolutionizing education in exciting and near-limitless ways. Web-based documentation means teachers can share on-the-spot editorial input even as student scribes craft essays at home.
Published: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 @ 5:49 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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While hardball politics is not the place one should ever go looking for intellectual rigor, North Carolina's political culture seems especially prone to hyperbole, illogic, and silliness.
Published: Thursday, August 9th, 2012 @ 5:33 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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