In 2018, intervenors in the long-running Leandro vs. State case on school funding in North Carolina asked Judge David Lee to make recommendations to remedy the state’s failures in ... Keep Reading
School Funding
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
Public Education: How Much is “Adequate” Funding?
The N&O's latest installment in their "Influencer" series focused on the topic of public education. Unsurprisingly, this group largely read from the same script that more money ... Keep Reading
The Left Blows a Gasket over School Funding — Again
“Stop throwing the spoon and bowl and climb out of the high chair!” That’s what I’d tell NC Policy Watch crybabies who continue to assert the policies of Republican legislators ... Keep Reading
Population Losses in Rural NC Should Prompt Tough Questions
Yesterday the Raleigh News and Observer ran an interesting article about population growth in suburban towns around the Triangle. Using 2010 population figures and estimates from ... Keep Reading
Study: school funding formulas need changes
North Carolina spends $8.7 billion on K-12 public education. K-12 public education comprises 39 percent of the state budget and is – by far -- the largest single expenditure in the ... Keep Reading
Inconvenient Truths of School Funding
Raleigh News & Observer Editors Were Offended by Facts, Churned Out Misleading Rebuttal Editors Have Their Partisan Narrative and Will Stick to It, Regardless of ... Keep Reading
School Funding Report; what’s new?
Yesterday the left-leaning NC Justice Center published a report titled: North Carolina’s Public School Funding System: Underfunded, Unclear and Unfair. You needn’t read past the ... Keep Reading
Proposed House Budget Could Penalize Wake Schools
The current House version of the proposed state budget SB 897 contains a provision to change how Disadvantaged Students Supplemental Funding (DSSF) is distributed. The provision ... Keep Reading
