These days one assertion pervades nearly every discussion on education: schools perform poorly, because they lack the resources to do a good job. For many, it’s reasonable to ... Keep Reading
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Our Kids Are Failing. Do We Even Care?
Hardly a week goes by without hearing news that North Carolina or some North Carolina city or town is achieving a high ranking on a business or quality of life survey. The steady ... Keep Reading
Quality Counts 2016: NC Score: C-
Earlier this week Education Week released Quality Counts 2016. ( subscription required) The report gives overall grades and scores to states based on criteria such as chances for ... Keep Reading
Quality Counts 2016: NC Score: C-
Earlier this week Education Week released Quality Counts 2016. ( subscription required) The report gives overall grades and scores to states based on criteria such as chances for ... Keep Reading
NC adds 2,200 more NBPTS teachers
Today the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction announced the state has 2,277 more newly-certified National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) teachers. ... Keep Reading
Alves Plan: new criteria, same old problems
That the Wake County School Board is splitting along partisan lines on whether to use test schools in deciding where children attend school is not news. All the buzz is about ... Keep Reading
More money for public school jobs?
In an insightful article on Big Government.com Andrew Coulson of the Cato Institute cuts right to the heart of why we shouldn’t be spending another $23 billion to save public ... Keep Reading
