public schools

We've been hearing  much about the Common Core standards of late, and for good reason. The ideas that motivated the standards and the way the changes have been implemented have ... Keep Reading

Earlier this month, superintendents from around North Carolina got together in Durham to commiserate and tell how budget reductions were impacting their schools. This morning’s ... Keep Reading

Let’s face it: you’ve envied them for years. Who? You know, those parents who send their children to high-powered elite public high schools in those affluent suburban communities.  ... Keep Reading

Confused about the differences between the Senate and Governor’s budget for K-12 public schools?  The Office of Fiscal Research produced the following chart detailing where each ... Keep Reading

The media is awash in stories about how the Republican budget will destroy public education.  Let’s add some relevant facts to a debate that is starved for some facts. 1.3 Percent ... Keep Reading

 For those on the left who think House and Senate budgets spell the end of  public education as we know it, calm down. Both House and Senate proposals make reductions of 8.8 ... Keep Reading

Sadly we have yet another example of school administrators using teachers, students and school time to fight proposed budget cuts. The latest display of audacity comes from Lee ... Keep Reading

This could take us back a generation, it could take another generation to come back and I don’t think that what the people of North Carolina want. Dispelling the fearmongers is a ... Keep Reading

The Senate released its budget targets at this morning’s meeting of the Senate Education/Higher Education Committee.  Overall, the Senate aims to spend approximately $10.6 billion ... Keep Reading

The possible closing of the Governor’s School has supporters of the controversial school worried. See here and here ).  Law makers considering ways to eliminate the state's ... Keep Reading