Excitement about school choice is helping to remake North Carolina public and private schools. Enrollment in charter schools is exploding. More students than ever are being ... Keep Reading
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Reforms Needed for North Carolina’s Ailing Pension System
This is the second installment of a four-part series outlining a blueprint for meaningful budget reform for North Carolina. This article addresses an issue causing financial stress ... Keep Reading
A Blueprint for Budget Reform
The following article is the first installment of a four-part series tackling the issue of long-overdue budget reform in North Carolina. This article outlines some broad measures ... Keep Reading
A Progressive Paradox
College Students are often thought of as two things: eager and broke – and a far-left extremist campaigning organization bases its whole process on this notion. Grassroots ... Keep Reading
Civitas Poll Sheds Light on Economic Crisis
The experts say the recession ended in 2009; the people in North Carolina say it’s still going on. Moreover, by a large margin they expect it to drag on for two years or ... Keep Reading
What the Tax-Free Weekend Can Teach Us
Did you venture out to purchase school supplies for your aspiring young scholar during our state’s tax-free weekend? Or, perhaps your child’s school days have long passed and you ... Keep Reading
Free Market Will Generate Energy Answers
Throughout the latest discourse on energy policy and government-related endeavors in natural resources, I have come to a conclusion on the matter: We aren't running out of ... Keep Reading
Why We Should Eliminate the Minimum Wage
The growth of teenage unemployment has ominous implications for the future -- but there is a solution, if we are willing to face economic reality. According to a host of ... Keep Reading
Dropout Prevention Grant Reports Reveal Limited Accountability For All Grants
(RALEIGH) – Documents obtained by the Civitas Institute reveal reports filed by those receiving state and federal grants are limited in length to little more than three tweets – ... Keep Reading
Education Monopoly Defends Its Turf
School choice in North Carolina recently hit a major roadblock when Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones barred a virtual charter school from operating in the state. NC Learns, a ... Keep Reading
