Now that the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) has defied an audit mandated by state law, what happens next? We at the Civitas Institute and the Center for Law and ... Keep Reading
Education
The House Passed ESEA Bill To See What Was In It
By A.P. Dillon 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 ... Keep Reading
McCrory Steps Up To Protect North Carolina Schools, Joins Amicus Brief Sans AG Cooper
By A.P. Dillon On November 21st, Governor Pat McCrory sent a letter to Attorney General Roy Cooper, asking him to have the state of North Carolina join South Carolina in an ... Keep Reading
New WCPSS Enrollment Numbers: Parents Want Choice
They say people vote with their feet. If that’s the case, the steady increase of students into local charter schools and home schools should not go unnoticed – by educators or ... Keep Reading
Wake School Fights Raise Questions
By A.P. Dillon Earlier this year, a video surfaced on Twitter of a fight taking place between two students at Apex High School. The video was circulated via a Twitter account ... Keep Reading
Be Wary of ‘Teacher Shortage’ Stories
By A.P. Dillon Narratives in public education in North Carolina are many these days in the media. Case in point: the teacher shortage and teacher pay narratives making their way ... Keep Reading
Will NC Students Have to Share Bathrooms, Locker Rooms with Other Sex?
By A.P. Dillon How would you feel if the Federal government told you that your son or daughter had to share a bathroom or locker room with a student of the opposite sex? How ... Keep Reading
Parents’ right to control child’s education
By Robert Luebke Senior Policy Analyst Consider these real-life scenarios: An Arizona family is told their 6-year-old son, Ryan, has symptoms on the autism spectrum. Doctors ... Keep Reading
Fast Facts: Education Savings Accounts
How Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) Provide Freedom for Your Child What are ESAs? Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are taxpayer-funded accounts established to provide an ... Keep Reading
State Auditor, WCPSS Respond to Civitas Inquiry; NCAE Remains Silent
Note: A previous version of this article stated that the impending audit of the NCAE would be determinative as to whether the teachers' organization continues to receive its dues ... Keep Reading
