For all the talk about diversity at Wake County school board meetings, it is hard to ignore the lack of diversity among diversity supporters. The adjacent picture from Wednesday’s ... Keep Reading
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Budgetary Shell Game
The 2010 legislative session doesn't start until tomorrow, but already we are receiving reports of intended swapping of funding sources for public education. State Rep. Rick ... Keep Reading
A peek at the Senate Education Budget
This morning’s meeting of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education provided a preview of what topic will likely dominate discussions when legislators return next week: ... Keep Reading
Ignoring white test scores? My reply.
In a letter-to-the-Editor published earlier this week in the News & Observer, Wake County School Board member Kevin Hill took me to task for ignoring the scores of white ... Keep Reading
Will 2010 Be Another 1994 – The Answer May Lie in the Generic Ballot
Civitas polling indicates that the November election could certainly reset the balance of power in the North Carolina General Assembly. It is a similar story to what ... Keep Reading
Four Steps Toward Education Reform in NC
This week's installment of the Civitas Institute Agenda “20 Changes for 2010: A Policy Primer for State Reform” focuses on improving public and higher education. Included are ... Keep Reading
More from last night’s Wake School Board Meeting
Yesterday’s marathon and raucous Wake County School Board meeting climaxed with a decisive vote to end the use of socio-economic status in assigning students to schools. Board ... Keep Reading
Method of Selecting North Carolina’s Bench Should be Explored
Per the Raleigh News & Observer, last week former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, was in North ... Keep Reading
Civitas school board training: a success
Last Friday current school board members and interested individuals gathered in Raleigh for a day of professional training. Attendees heard from Lindalyn Kakadelis, former member ... Keep Reading
Public Financing Folly
Chapel Hill’s “voter-owned elections” program had its first run in 2009 and is already being heralded as a success by its supporters. According to them, the ... Keep Reading
