The N.C. Task Force for Safer Schools is finalizing a statement chiding parents for strongly voicing their views and at times disrupting recent school board meetings. The disruptions have come from parents — across the state and nation — concerned about school policies on everything from COVID-19 vaccination and masking to controversial instruction on race...
The share of children enrolled in public schools dropped precipitously last year. And the share of parents posing tough questions to education officials and school boards skyrocketed.
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he has nothing personal against LGBTQ people, and he’s not resigning. Robinson, in a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 12, said he wants to get books, which he says depicts “filth,” out of some school libraries. Robinson made earlier statements that he wants to remove books such as “George,” “Lawn Boy”...
Nicole Stelle Garnett, John P. Murphy Foundation professor of law at the University of Notre Dame and adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, discusses her MI report on accountability in private-school choice. Learn more here: “Accountability and private-school choice.”
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the Leandro school funding lawsuit’s impact on the N.C. budget. Learn more here: “Cooper must decide if the Leandro plan is a state budget deal-breaker.”
A new national poll from the pro-school choice organization the American Federation for Children shows most voters dislike politicians who deny school choice to other families while practicing it for their own. The poll of more than 2,000 registered voters found that 62% said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who...
Dr. Bob Luebke, senior fellow at the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, responds to a mainstream media attack against North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. Learn more here: “Editors’ feeble complaints against the Opportunity Scholarship Program say more about them than the vouchers.”
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, discusses Critical Race Theory’s impact on American education. Learn more here: “Critical Race Theory primer.”
Brian Balfour, senior vice president of research at the John Locke Foundation, discusses the history of Critical Race Theory. Learn more here: “Critical Race Theory primer.”
A Republican congressman from North Carolina would expand school choice for students across the nation facing mask mandates or classroom instruction based on Critical Race Theory. U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop, R-9th District, introduced this week the Mask Off Act and the No Corrupt Racist Training Act. The measures would give “families the freedom to pursue...
The mammoth crowds for college and many NFL games signal that a large chunk of the nation trust the vaccine or their natural immunity.
