Raleigh, N.C. – There is strong support among North Carolina voters for giving school principals expanded hiring and salary authority according to the most recent Civitas Institute ... Keep Reading
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Legislature to Review Teacher Tenure
Yesterday Senators Jerry Tillman (R-Montgomery) Fletcher Hartsell (R- Cabarrus) and Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell) introduced legislation (S. 423) to have the Joint Education Oversight ... 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
Feds Move Closer to Bailing Out Irresponsible States
In my wrap-up of North Carolina's 2010-11 state budget, I mentioned that state lawmakers were hopeful for hundreds of millions of additional federal dollars to help NC cover its ... 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
Case Studies in Progressivism
It's funny how hard it is to give something up once you've got it. That's the lesson that unions are teaching governments and the public all over America. What have been the fruits ... Keep Reading
State Senate Leaders Say No to State Employee “Payback” and Raise
As reported by the N&O,the North Carolina State Senate appears to already be rejecting Gov. Perdue's proposed "payback" to state employees for last year's unpaid furlough of 10 ... Keep Reading
Budgetary Shell Game
The 2010 legislative session doesn't start until tomorrow, but already we are receiving reports of intended swapping of funding sources for public education. State Rep. Rick ... Keep Reading
