2020 has been a tough year for North Carolina public schools. Gov. Roy Cooper’s response to the Coronavirus has closed many public schools or morphed them into virtual learning ... Keep Reading
NCAE said they would “change the players in the game.” Did they? Part II
Part I reviewed how NCAE-endorsed candidates performed in Council of State, federal and statewide Judicial races. This article reviews how NCAE-endorsed candidates did in ... Keep Reading
NCAE said they would “change the players in the game.” Did they?
For the past two years the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has been mobilizing and organizing to elect lawmakers who are more aligned with the organization’s views ... Keep Reading
What Tuesday’s results mean for education
Richard Weaver’s famous book “Ideas have Consequences” has a pithy and poignant title. The same stance should be applied to what happened on Tuesday; elections have consequences. ... Keep Reading
Tillis v. Cunningham? Pick ‘em
Will North Carolina re-elect Republican Senator Thom Tillis for a second term? That’s a question a lot of North Carolinians and pundits around the country are asking these ... Keep Reading
Funding students rather than institutions would be a school choice victory
The following article, by Bob Luebke and Corey DeAngelis, appeared in the Washington Examiner on Monday, October 12, 2020. North Carolina families need educational options as ... Keep Reading
Why conservatives should care about local school board elections
It's election season. And if you live in North Carolina you might think the only elections are those for president, U.S. Senate and governor. Fever pitch campaigns for those races ... Keep Reading
A closer look at the candidates for state superintendent of public instruction
This November, North Carolina voters have the opportunity to elect a new superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent is the state’s highest-ranking education official ... Keep Reading
Does Mary Baldwin want to be an activist or a mayor?
In the final days of September, protests in Raleigh turned destructive as downtown businesses and government buildings suffered multiple nights of window-breaking and property ... Keep Reading
A Better Carolina: The facts about education spending
Educating the next generation is one of the most important responsibilities of state government. For the last decade critics of the Republican education policies claim the General ... Keep Reading
