The great crack-up continues. Several weeks ago I highlighted a fissure in the Democratic coalition could help decide the outcome of next fall’s elections. More and more pro ... Keep Reading
Leandro, school funding and the courts: What does the public think?
In 2018, intervenors in the long-running Leandro vs. State case on school funding in North Carolina asked Judge David Lee to make recommendations to remedy the state’s failures in ... Keep Reading
Recapping the 2019 legislative session; what happened and what didn’t
It’s over. On November 1, the session many lawmakers thought would never end, did. After 1,717 bills, nine vetoes and 186 new laws with the prospect of even more over the next few ... Keep Reading
School choice highlights split between minorities and Democratic Party
The following article appeared as an op-ed in the Fayetteville Observer on October 23, 2019 Underneath the carefully choreographed unified exterior, signs are emerging that ... Keep Reading
What’s happening in the legislative session that never ends
It has not been the typical legislative session. Three months into the new fiscal year, North Carolina still doesn’t have a state budget. What it does have is a budget stalemate. ... Keep Reading
The NEA’s radical agenda: coming to a school near you
Peel back the veil of the NCAE and NEA and you will see a radical leftist agenda at work A look at the NEA’s adopted motions from its 2019 national assembly reveals just how ... Keep Reading
Is it time to reset on public education in North Carolina?
Opponents of school choice can be an angry lot. Their list of grievances is long; they contend school choice siphons funds from the public schools, leads to a re-segregation of ... Keep Reading
Education Budget Part II: things we should remember
Even without a budget, public schools across North Carolina will welcome students to a new year. In his veto statement Gov. Cooper calls on Republicans to spend more for public ... Keep Reading
Education budget, Part I: Schools open soon — even without a state budget
Nearly two months have passed since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget approved by the North Carolina House and Senate. A 2016 budget provision will fund schools at current ... Keep Reading
Judging by the Detroit debate, Democrats are having a hard time with economics
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg continued to urge adoption of higher minimum wage laws at the Democratic debate in Detroit. Sanders told his ... Keep Reading
