Comprising almost 40 percent of North Carolina’s $23.9 billion-dollar state budget, K-12 education is the single biggest item in the state budget. Educating young people is a ... Keep Reading
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School Funding and Income: The Relationship for North Carolina Districts
October 8, 2018 - The interactive infographic below has been updated to correct for a data error and now reflects accurate values. Last week, Civitas Policy Director, Bob ... Keep Reading
Do NC schools shortchange poor students?
The deck is stacked against poor students because poor schools don’t have the resources to meet their needs and allow them to succeed educationally. That’s an argument that is ... Keep Reading
Video: Education Funding and the Tax Cap Amendment
Opponents of lowering the income tax cap repeatedly appeal to one of their favorite arguments against taxpayers keeping more of their hard earned money: education funding. Some ... 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
The Education Budget: Three Things You Should Know
Those who watch state government have had plenty to talk about since the General Assembly passed the state’s new $21.7 billion state budget. Since education is the single largest ... Keep Reading
Wanted: Fact Checker
The N&O has developed "Fact Check" articles to assess the “truth” of various claims. I question the objectivity of the site’s claims, but that’s another story. Last week I ... Keep Reading
N&O Tells a Whopper on Public Education
I sent in the following letter to the N&O, in response to the whopper told in this editorial. The N&O editors, in discussing public education funding in the FY 2011-12 ... Keep Reading
