This week’s Bad Bill of the Week features the resurrection of a Bad Bill feature from two years ago. House Bill 609, The Healthy and High Performing Schools Act, is sponsored by ... Keep Reading
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More Baseless Fear-Mongering From Perdue
Reports are out regarding the state budget compromise deal reached by the Senate late last night. The major changes from the orginal Senate budget proposal adds up to an ... Keep Reading
House Budget Proposal: Education
Did you read about the "draconian" cuts to public education proposed by N.C. House leadership? Check out more details in this Civitas Insitute rundown of the House's Education ... Keep Reading
Outlines of the Education Budget
Last week Appropriations Committee chairmen received their budget targets. The targets represent approximate spending limits for each subcommittee. Republican leadership proposed ... Keep Reading
Calling all school board members!
On November 12th Civitas Institute will be offering a half day of professional development training. The training takes place at the Holiday Inn Crabtree in Raleigh. Registration ... Keep Reading
Some perspective on NC graduation rates
The release of last week’s state graduation rate report shows North Carolina has been making slow but steady progress on boosting the percentage of students graduating after four ... Keep Reading
Hungry Bureaucrats Fighting Over Shrinking Pie
Statists and members of the government education establishment can get along pretty well when the trough is overflowing with tax dollars. But when revenue begins to slow down, it ... Keep Reading
School wars: classroom vs. central offices
As reported in yesterday’s Under the Dome, Bill McNeal of the N.C. Association of School Administrator, and Wendell Hall, president of the N.C. School Boards Assn. are circling the ... Keep Reading
More Charter School Mischief?
Charter school proponents would do well to keep an eye on HB 856. While the bill, introduced by Rep. Marvin Lucas, does increase the cap on charter schools to 106, it also gives ... Keep Reading
Quality proficiency standards lacking in most states.
The development of strong state academic standards were considered a major selling point for No Child Left Behind legislation. They gave states flexibility and also provided a ... Keep Reading
