A procedural decision from the N.C. Court of Appeals could help decide the future of the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. The court’s decision could affect thousands of N.C. families who use scholarships to send their children to private schools.
Thousands of N.C. families will watch with interest as the state Court of Appeals determines the next steps for a lawsuit challenging popular Opportunity Scholarships.
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the latest N.C. teacher working conditions survey. Stoops offered these comments during the June 2, 2022, edition of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
ate May that would restrict President Biden from forgiving student loan debt. The bill will not restrict pre-existing federal student loan forgiveness programs like Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan forgiveness.
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5:20 p.m. with additional background. The N.C. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in late August in the long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit. An order issued Wednesday spells out the schedule for the state’s highest court to address the latest Leandro disputes. The order signed by Justice Sam...
A “Parents Bill of Rights” has cleared the way for a vote in the N.C.Senate after it was discussed Tuesday afternoon in the Senate Rules Committee.
Two recent surveys, one by High Point University and another by the John Locke Foundation, show a significant portion of North Carolinians (43% and 66%, respectively) believe public education is on the wrong track. And while differing opinions on the performance of public education are not new, I believe the accelerated rise of Marxist Critical Theory in the...
Advocates for hundreds of millions of new dollars in court-ordered N.C. education spending are renewing their appeals to the N.C. Supreme Court. Two filings Thursday urge the state’s highest court to take its next step in the long-running Leandro lawsuit.
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses a Parents’ Bill of Rights proposed by the N.C. Senate. Stoops offered these comments during the May 25, 2022, episode of Spectrum News 1’s “Capital Tonight.”
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the General Assembly’s proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights. Stoops offered these comments for a May 25, 2022, report on WTVD (ABC11).
A "Parent's Bill of Rights" will get its first discussion in committee Wednesday morning in the N.C. Senate. It established a parent's right to request information about what their child is learning in school and other details about how their child and their school are operating. Parents must also be told if their child requests a name or pronoun change, and any other information on their child's physical and mental health. Schools would not be allowed to make gender identity and sexual orientation part of the curriculum before fourth grade, but it would not ban incidental discussion.
