Recently the Civitas Institute conducted a School Board Training session for school board members from across the state. The Winston-Salem Forsyth County School Board co-sponsored ... Keep Reading
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High Speed Rail Funds Race Ahead
House Bill 422, No High-Speed Rail Money from Federal Government, has been under attack by major media outlets, special interest groups, and big-spending politicians in Raleigh. ... Keep Reading
Government Invites Itself In: Parental Rights at Risk
In North Carolina, like every other state, the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution gives parents the implicit right to care and nurture their children. Parents, not the ... Keep Reading
House Budget Trims Smart Start Admin.
Yesterday afternoon, special provisions attached to the NC House biennium budget proposal were disclosed to the public, revealing a positive, yet incomplete, reorganization of the ... Keep Reading
House Budget Proposal: Education
Earlier this week Republican lawmakers released their $10.6 billion budget proposal for public education for the coming fiscal year. Budget discussions have been framed by how ... Keep Reading
House Budget Hits Health & Human Services
Early this week, the N.C. House rolled out the preliminary stages of its much anticipated biennium budget proposal for the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), which ... Keep Reading
Accreditation: Outlines of a Problem
Recent actions by school accrediting giant, Advance Education Inc. (AdvancED), have set off a firestorm of public discussion about accreditation, its value and how it is awarded. ... Keep Reading
SB 8: Time to Walk Away
Last November the people of North Carolina shouted “yes” to the conservative message of limited government, fiscal responsibility, economic freedom and real education reform. One ... Keep Reading
Bad Projects Leading to Bad Government Investments
North Carolina government has a serious problem with the way it looks at good ideas. Traditional state government logic holds that if a project, proposal, or idea is good or was ... Keep Reading
Smart Start’s Massive Political Machine
With the initial cuts in state budgets on the horizon across the country, 2011 has been a landmark year for political machines everywhere to flex their muscles. By now we are all ... Keep Reading
