August 19, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org Civitas Poll Shows Unaffiliated NC Voters Strongly ... Keep Reading
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Court: Greenlight Educational Freedom; The Case Against it is Weak
The recent decision by the State Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of school vouchers has turned supporters toward the future and critics toward raising the volume on ... Keep Reading
Progress on H.B. 13, but questions remain
Earlier this week, I wrote on the potential ramifications of H.B. 13, a bill working its way through the NC Senate. While the main theme of the bill is to ensure that students ... Keep Reading
Poll Reveals Voters’ Views on Education
A new Civitas Poll of registered North Carolina voters shows they are open to options for schools, assessment of students, and education funding. As for assessments, voters were ... Keep Reading
Poll Reveals NC Voters’ Views on Education
July 6, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Bob Luebke (919) 834-2099 bob.luebke@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – A new Civitas Poll of registered North Carolina voters shows ... Keep Reading
How to Reform Testing (Part II)
In Part I, we discussed why parents, teachers and the public in general think schools do too much testing. After all, the average public school student will take 18 standardized ... Keep Reading
Questioning the Narrative of “Underfunded” Public Schools in Low-Income Areas
The narrative of public schools in low-income areas being starved of resources is well worn and unquestioned in education policy circles. School districts located in counties whose ... Keep Reading
Executive Overreach and the Opt Out Movement
Today, I'm excited to join the likes of attorney Jay Sekulow and U.S. Senator Mike Lee in contributing to Constituting America, a project of conservative leaders Janine Turner and ... Keep Reading
Impending Audit Could Spell End for NCAE Dues Check Off
Neither the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE) nor the Office of the State Auditor is any stranger to media attention. Between the NCAE’s dues check off litigation and ... Keep Reading
Poll Shows Decade of Change, Stability in NC Voters’ Views
May 14, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Francis De Luca (919) 834-2099 francis.deluca@nccivitas.org Civitas Poll Compares Answers to Those in Its First Poll, from ... Keep Reading
