North Carolina finds itself in a four-way tie for last place when it comes to having strong open enrollment policies that improve access to traditional public schools. A new study…
Conservatives don’t often look to California as a model for sound education policy. Nevertheless, there are lessons that North Carolina can — and should — learn from the school finance…
Tennessee has become a national leader in school finance reform, and North Carolina should follow its lead, according to a report by the John Locke Foundation’s Center for Effective Education.…
Yesterday afternoon, the North Carolina House passed legislation that would fully fund the waitlist for the increasingly popular Opportunity Scholarship program. The action came just two days after the Senate…
North Carolina state government alone spent $10.4 billion in 2022–23 to educate 1.5 million public school students. Public education is of paramount importance to North Carolina, backed by state constitutional…
Back-to-school season is upon us, and although many charter schools are seeing increased enrollments, some aren’t receiving a corresponding increase in funding. In 2023, the North Carolina General Assembly passed…
North Carolina parents plan to gather tomorrow in a show of support for the state’s popular Opportunity Scholarship Program, which helps families across North Carolina access private schools for their…
On June 6, the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) approved new academic content standards for K–12 Healthful Living. The standards determine the content that the state thinks students…
This week, the National Association of Scholars and Freedom in Education released the Franklin Standards, model academic content standards designed to restore rigorous education in the hard sciences for K–12…
The North Carolina State Board of Education will decide whether to adopt new academic content standards for K–12 Health and Physical Education in June It’s unclear whether changes incorporated into…
May 12–18, 2024, is officially National Charter Schools Week in North Carolina. It should be a time of celebration for all the families across North Carolina who choose charters as…
During the monthly meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education on May 2, representatives from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) finally unveiled the third and final draft…