There has been a lot of discussion over the education proposals included in Governor Roy Cooper’s recommended 2019-2020 recommended budget. One provision absent from most of those ... Keep Reading
Opportunity Scholarship Program
New Paper Takes Issue With Duke Research on Opportunity Scholarship Program
With the expansion of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program there is plenty of interest in evaluating how students are performing. Earlier this year, Duke university ... Keep Reading
The Problems with Progressives and Accountability: Part II
Cooper shares progressives’ “top-down” view of accountability. State tests and standards often fail to provide good measures of success. Opportunity Scholarships give parents ... Keep Reading
Cooper, Vouchers and the Veneer of Progressive Accountability
Gov. Roy Cooper criticizes Opportunity Scholarship Program for not being accountable. The governor’s vision of accountability is rooted in his progressive ideals and his ... Keep Reading
School Voucher Study Suffers from Design Flaws and Questionable Conclusions
Duke Voucher Study critical of Opportunity Scholarship Program. Study acknowledges difficulties in making legitimate comparisons to students who remained in public schools; but ... Keep Reading
Budget Agreement includes funds to expand Opportunity Scholarships
School choice advocates are holding their breath. The new budget agreement now under consideration by the House and Senate provides modest funds to help expand the Opportunity ... Keep Reading
Expand Opportunity Scholarships
Yesterday school choice supporters rallied on the grounds of the Legislative Building in Raleigh to urge legislators to expand funding for the Opportunity Scholarship ... Keep Reading
New campaign tells stories of those seeking Opportunity Scholarships
Last year the North Carolina General Assembly passed and Governor McCrory signed legislation creating the Opportunity Scholarship program. The program provides vouchers of up to ... Keep Reading
