North Carolina ranks among the bottom 10 states in the country on Politico’s new State Pandemic Scorecard. The Tar Heel State’s overall ranking of No. 41 combines high marks for health and the economy with low scores for social well-being and education. “From the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the toughest decisions about how...
When it comes to college costs and benefits, honesty is the best policy. We should help our young people make fully informed choices among a wide spectrum of alternative paths after high school.
Backers of Critical Race Theory correctly surmised that economic arguments alone were failing to adequately transform free societies toward a Marxist takeover.
America has reached its school choice moment. The decades-long fight to create and expand school choice programs accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic and finally played out politically as the eyes of the nation watched the gubernatorial race in Virginia on Nov. 2. The idea that parents are once again allowed to have agency in their...
The Tar Heel State’s budget for the new biennium includes $100 million in supplemental pay for public school teachers in some of the state’s smallest, poorest counties. The supplemental pay is valued at up to $4,250 per teacher but the exact value differs significantly across counties. The state’s larger, wealthier counties — including Wake, Mecklenburg,...
A legal petition from the state controller prompts courts to address safeguards for N.C. state government spending.
Parents supporting North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program want a three-judge panel to review a lawsuit challenging the scholarships. A motion filed in the N.C. Court of Appeals this month seeks to have the case transferred away from a single trial judge. “[T]his lawsuit’s impact is tremendous,” according to a motion filed on behalf of three...
Ari Bargil, attorney with the Institute for Justice, discusses the latest developments in a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program. Learn more here: https://ij.org/case/north-carolina-school-choice-ii/.
A new poll from a statewide school-choice advocacy group shows that nearly two-thirds of likely general election voters in North Carolina support the Opportunity Scholarship Program. Sixty-two percent of respondents favor the scholarship, compared to 28% who oppose it. The poll, commissioned by Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, found an enthusiasm gap, as...
At one time, if you were to reach for a shortcut to all things American, you might reach for Mom, Apple Pie, the Flag, all caps because they represented some almost sacrosanct ideals. In some cases, you might even throw in Libraries, because nothing said freedom like the ability to walk into a public library...
The N.C. Court of Appeals has thrown out a retired trial judge’s order forcing state officials to transfer $1.7 billion out of the state treasury for education-related spending. The split 2-1 ruling from the state’s second-highest court arrives less than a week after the state controller asked the court for a “writ of prohibition” blocking...
