Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper recently paid a visit to the Mary Washington Howe Pre-K Center in Wilmington to announce an $8 million funding initiative for preschools across North Carolina.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2023 @ 10:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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$8 million investment will help support high-quality early learning for children in NC Pre-K
Published: Tuesday, October 31st, 2023 @ 4:38 am
By: Governor's Office
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Cards for learning 'colors' all have LGBT themes, including a pregnant man.
Published: Saturday, June 4th, 2022 @ 3:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Defying conventional wisdom, a statewide study on Tennessee’s voluntary state preschool program shows children who participated in the program didn’t perform any better than children who didn’t attend pre-K
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2018 @ 1:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fast-moving trains advocating for state-funded pre-K programs in North Carolina and elsewhere lost some steam this week with the release of two reports
Published: Tuesday, July 24th, 2018 @ 5:30 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Earlier this year Governor Cooper vetoed the compromise budget drafted by Republicans in the state House and Senate. The budget added thousands of slots to the state's pre-K program and eliminated 75% of the waitlist for at-risk children
Published: Thursday, August 31st, 2017 @ 12:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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More than 1,800 additional 4-year-olds will attend the NC Pre-K program this fall thanks to efforts by Governor Roy Cooper to expand the state's pre-kindergarten education program
Published: Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 @ 3:17 am
By: Governor's Office
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The taxpayers of North Carolina have historically made a tremendous commitment to education, and the next biennium will continue that legacy. More than 54 percent, or over $12 billion of our General Fund spending will be directed to education in each year of the biennium.
Published: Saturday, March 7th, 2015 @ 3:08 am
By: Chris Downey
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Day care prices across the nation have been rising at a dramatic clip for years. In many cases, the cost to parents for a toddler in day care is more expensive than sending their teen to a high-quality private high school.
Published: Sunday, January 5th, 2014 @ 6:38 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has never ruled that the state constitution requires the delivery of early childhood services to all preschoolers, or even to all low-income preschoolers.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2013 @ 10:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A regulatory oversight panel Thursday rejected an effort by the N.C. Child Care Commission to ban religious instruction at schools held at religious facilities that participate in the NC Pre-K program.
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Child Care Commission made another attempt Feb. 4 to get a procedural committee that sifts through administrative rules to approve a controversial rule prohibiting religious instruction at NC Pre-K centers.
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 1:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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One of the most controversial issues in the past few years has been the growing role of the state in providing preschool opportunities to North Carolina children.
Published: Monday, October 22nd, 2012 @ 4:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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he substitution of a chicken nugget lunch at a Hoke County pre-kindergarten program in January has done more than raise a few eyebrows. It has raised the ire of many who believe that government is overstepping its regulatory bounds.
Published: Thursday, April 5th, 2012 @ 8:31 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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