North Carolina Strives to Meet Goal of 2 Million Residents with a High-Quality Postsecondary Degree or Credential by 2030
Published: Thursday, February 27th, 2020 @ 8:57 am
By: Governor's Office
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A bill N.C. lawmakers passed in late June aims to help 2 million residents get a postsecondary degree or certificate by 2030.
Published: Saturday, July 13th, 2019 @ 9:10 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina's elementary and secondary schools are among the best in the country at delivering academic value for the tax dollars spent on them
Published: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 @ 3:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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UNC President Margaret Spellings has said that the North Carolina legislature's proposed Guaranteed Admissions Program (NC GAP) has identified the right problem, but has come up with the wrong solution. Her vision is of a UNC system accessible to everyone and educating everyone—not just elites
Published: Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 @ 2:37 am
By: John William Pope Center
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Summary: Start talking to Seniors about Medicare before you retire. Trial and error experience is easier to absorb than reading information provided by government.
Published: Wednesday, January 27th, 2016 @ 3:34 am
By: Ted McDonald
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In less than 21 days, including the Thanksgiving holiday, Congress pushed through a bill that is over 1,000 pages long and has at least 391 pages worth of changes in it from the original version.
Published: Sunday, January 10th, 2016 @ 8:17 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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A quick review of Conservatism at work in the Southern Baptist Convention is a good analysis of Conservatism at work in politics and NC.
Published: Sunday, June 7th, 2015 @ 8:41 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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We have a most important matter before our governing officials.
Published: Friday, January 23rd, 2015 @ 8:47 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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When state legislators created a new commission last summer to review North Carolina's participation in Common Core standards for elementary and secondary schools, they made an excellent decision.
Published: Saturday, December 27th, 2014 @ 10:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center has been awarded a grant from the national LIVESTRONG Foundation that will provide support for healing trauma endured by cancer treatment providers.
Published: Friday, April 25th, 2014 @ 2:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center has been selected as a finalist to receive the VitalHearts: Secondary Trauma Resiliency program as part of the LIVESTRONG® Community Impact Project, which was created to bring proven cancer support programs to communities across the U.S.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 7:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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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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Before passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) in 1965, the United States Congress generally adhered to the principle that the federal government had no authority to undertake functions and duties not enumerated in the U.S. Constitution.
Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 @ 5:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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