Education (PreK-12)

Apparently, what’s good for a 5-year-old in a public school kindergarten class is much different than what’s good for a 4-year-old in a state-run preschool program. At last count,…

Judge Covid, should we send kids back to school? MOST IMPORTANT   Oh, I agree! SCHOOLS ARE VITAL TO KIDS’ HEALTH THE MOST IMPORTANT OPENING IS…

Is the NC Association of Educators (NCAE) done playing nice with Gov. Cooper?  I have been thinking about that question ever since Bob Luebke of the Civitas Institute asked…

After promising to select one of three school reopening plans on July 1, Gov. Cooper announced that he would get around to making a decision sometime in the next few…

When I’m asked about what to expect in the coming school year, I usually offer a delightfully vague answer: it will be different.  I don’t know how it will be…

A message from our CEO Amy Cooke: Thomas Jefferson said, “Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.” All of us at the John Locke…

Every February, the Information Analysis section of the Division of School Business at the NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) publishes “Highlights of the North Carolina Public School Budget.” …

During the last week in March, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) conducted a survey to measure the state’s migration to remote learning, that is, the use of…

Over the last two days, I wrote about two proposals designed to address learning loss due to COVID-19 school closures.  On Monday, I discussed the idea of requiring disadvantaged…

Yesterday, I outlined the cases for and against requiring disadvantaged students to repeat their current grade next year.  I concluded that grade retention is a decision best left to…