North Carolina’s traditional public schools are not being “starved,” despite Leftist claims to the contrary State government should support all varieties of high-quality ... Keep Reading
Education
Red4EdNC and the Declaration Dud
Most teachers take summers off, but the teachers behind Red4EdNC continue to pressure the General Assembly for more funding for traditional public schools. I’m a teacher at a ... Keep Reading
The Rationale of School Choice Part I: Preferences in the Education Marketplace
Enrollment in North Carolina’s traditional public schools continues to decrease; 1 in 5 children now attend either public charter, private or home schools. The expansion of ... Keep Reading
Lowering the tax cap and the public schools: The misinformation campaign continues
Article attempts to scare people into voting against the tax cap amendment Author gets even the most basic facts wrong Recommendation to “tax the rich” is based on faulty ... Keep Reading
Empowering Parents and Confronting the Left’s Work to Reverse School Choice Options – Toxic Agenda, Pt. I
Educational options for children have expanded greatly in the past two decades. Options have emerged to meet a need for students and parents. As school choice has grown so ... Keep Reading
The Problem with Average in Teacher Pay
By Leah Byers There are many problems with using the national average teacher pay as the sole benchmark of success in North Carolina. Instead of aiming for the ... Keep Reading
Getting the Story Straight: Parental Choice and the Public Schools
Public school advocates on the Left in North Carolina increasingly claim that parental choice and the public schools are a zero-sum policy option. “When parental choice expands, ... Keep Reading
NAEP Scores: Beyond the Government Spin
This spring, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction declared ‘NC holds steady on most measures of national assessment.’ The assessment in question was the 2017 ... Keep Reading
League of Women Voters voucher study has problems
A recent League of Women Voters study attempts to smear private school curricula as controversial and substandard But traditional public schools have pushed controversial ... Keep Reading
NCAE teacher walkout: things you need to know
Today the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) is holding a rally in Raleigh where the organization is having teachers meet to lobby legislators for higher salaries and ... Keep Reading