Opinion
Popular ed school fads fail students who need help the most
Popular education school theories fail students who need the most help.
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State Supreme Court wants new assessment of $1.7 billion education spending order
The N.C. Supreme Court has agreed to jump back into the state’s long-running school funding legal dispute. The court wants a trial judge to assess the impact of the new state budget on a $1.7 billion order for additional state education spending. A Supreme Court order issued Monday evening grants requests from both N.C. Attorney...
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More court documents criticize N.C. Opportunity Scholarship opponents’ tactics
Two more documents filed late Friday with the N.C. Court of Appeals take aim at legal tactics employed by opponents of the Opportunity Scholarship Program. The filings also criticize the trial judge who has been overseeing a lawsuit challenging the program. “This appeal is about who will decide whether or not to take away educational...
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Opportunity Scholarship defenders seek to block opponents’ legal maneuvers
Legislative defenders of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program are asking the N.C. Court of Appeals to block “burdensome” trial court activity in a lawsuit challenging the program. They say trial court discovery should remain on hold until the Appeals Court resolves other issues in the case. In a lawsuit, “discovery” refers to the exchange of...
Opinion
Fix public schools before demanding more homeschool regulations
I have been homeschooling in North Carolina for 10 years, and many parents have approached me wondering what their homeschool should look like. My answer to their question is that it should reflect your own children’s interests and abilities. I know mine does. However, when a North Carolina state senator suggested we need more regulations...
Opinion
College majors vary widely in cost
While professors in economics, political science, and business departments receive relatively high salaries, that’s offset by relatively large classes.
Opinion
Don’t call it the gypsy moth and other outrageous stories
Is the gypsy moth getting a confidence booster with their new and more politically correct identity?
News
Dems say too many private, homeschool parents on Truitt’s advisory board
Democratic members of the N.C. State Board of Education have their sights set on Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt, saying Truitt was putting too many parents from schools of choice on a new advisory committee. Truitt says she’s creating the 48-member parent advisory commission to “elevate the voice of parents in students’ education”...
Opinion
Let parents decide, not politicians.
For too long, our promise of a sound basic education has been replaced by radical political teachings on critical race theory and gender fluidity.
News
DPI report paints dire portrait of K-12 learning loss during pandemic
“’Learning loss’ is a false construct.” Those words came from the Twitter account of Tamika Walker Kelly, president of the N.C. Association of Educators, on March 3, 2021. The NCAE is the state chapter of the national teacher’s union. That sentiment hasn’t aged well a year later, to judge by the results of a new...
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UNC System schools, private universities begin transition to mask-optional policies
Gov. Roy Cooper has recommended schools and local governments transition from mask mandates to a mask-optional policies, and counties and towns across North Carolina are heeding the governor. With the increasing adoption of the mask-optional policy, University of North Carolina System President Peter Hans decided to follow the trend and published a memo on Feb....
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Manhattan Institute’s Andy Smarick discusses COVID’s impact on microschooling
Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses microschooling’s growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more here: “Microschooling and policy.”
