Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Senate leader Phil Berger are highlighting concerns about the role of Critical Race Theory in another large N.C. public school system. The two leading Republican elected officials issued a news release Friday questioning a vote this week from the Durham City Council. A unanimous council endorsed a resolution supporting the...
While many will discuss the economic prevalence of socialist ideas among the youth of our society, the socialist grip on our culture is perhaps neglected. Socialism manifests in various ways in our everyday lives, even when we’re not talking about the economy. The upcoming generation of mothers, fathers, coworkers, neighbors, and leaders is alarmingly marked...
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and the Senate’s top officer are calling out Charlotte-Mecklenburg school leaders, after the state’s second-largest school system paid $25,000 to a top proponent of Critical Race Theory. The payment covered Ibram X. Kendi’s virtual presentation last week at the Charlotte school district’s Summer Leadership Conference. “This is clear and direct evidence...
Twenty-five years ago this week the Tar Heel State legalized the creation of public charter schools. School choice advocates came together in Raleigh on Tuesday, June 22, to celebrate the milestone and highlight the impact of charter schools on families and students during the last quarter-century. “There is a philosophical war underway right now,” said...
Corey DeAngelis, director of research at the American Federation for Children, discusses the 25th anniversary of North Carolina’s charter school law.
Dr. Bob Luebke, senior fellow at the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic led to a windfall for public education funding in North Carolina. Learn more here: “Reality morphs COVID funds into windfall for N.C. K-12 education Part 1 and Part 2.”
The N.C. State Board of Education voted 7-3 on Thursday, June 17, to approve guiding documents for controversial new social studies standards that place greater emphasis on race and gender in teaching U.S. history. The move comes even as lawmakers in the General Assembly are weighing legislation to delay implementation of the standards by one...
State Auditor Beth Wood’s office found that Shelton Jeffries, the former superintendent of Nash County Public Schools, violated his contract and district procedures by ringing up $45,690 in questionable expenses during his three-plus years at the helm. The school board said in a response to the audit, through its attorney, Tharrington Smith, that it would...
The state Senate’s main education committee has endorsed a bill that would penalize N.C. school systems for late payments to charter schools. An amended version of House Bill 335 advanced through the Education/Higher Education Committee Wednesday. It previously cleared the House with a 117-2 vote. “The name of the bill is Timely Local Payments to...
Dr. Terry Stoops, director of the Center for Effective Education at the John Locke Foundation, highlights problems he detected within a glossary of terms for new N.C. social studies standards. Learn more here: “The latest on Glossarygate.”
The judge in the ongoing Leandro school funding case has signed an order that attempts to compel the General Assembly to fund the components of the Comprehensive Remedial Plan agreed to by both the defendants and plaintiffs in the case last year. The move by Superior Court Judge David Lee appears to be a reversal...
