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When students have the opportunity find the best context and pathway in which to develop their unique talents, they thrive. We belive that transparency is necessary to help students and parents make informed decisions. American democracy depends on the civic literacy of its citizens. Restoring a founding-document-based curriculum through K-16 is essential.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Elephant in the Room on Teacher Pay
The new state budget provides an increase of 1.3 percent for each step of the salary schedule. In addition to several bonuses the budget also gives teachers an average 5…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Left Wants to Blunt School Choice By Warning About Privatization, But It Doesn’t Work
Decrying privatization is the new weapon progressives and other members of the left are using to blunt the advance of school choice. Critics decrying supposed corporate influence in the schools…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Court of Appeals Defends Constitutional Principles in Leandro Case
A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to block Judge David Lee’s order to withdraw approximately $1.7 billion from the General Fund without the necessary…
Education
Poll: NC Voters want choice and like Opportunity Scholarship Program
A new poll by Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina provides more good news for school choice supporters in the Tar Heel state. The survey polled 500 likely voters on a…
Education
NC Universities Receive Federal Grants for Critical Race Theory Training
The Center Square has details of the “The Research Institute for Scholars of Equity” or RISE program: In 2016 under the Obama administration, the federal government awarded its first five-year grant of…
Research Brief
Education
Critics Say School Choice Is Privatizing Our Schools and Decimating Budgets. The Evidence Says Otherwise.
Critics of school choice claim the practice privatizes education, siphons money from the public schools, and changes how schoolchildren are educated. While a review of enrollments shows a slight uptick…
Education
The Worst Take on the Leandro Ruling Courtesy of Every Child NC
Those “spending rules” are codified in the North Carolina Constitution and have been since 1776. Our system of government could not run without them. But hey, you do you. No…
Education
NC Court of Appeals Defends the Constitution in Leandro Ruling
The Carolina Journal reports that the NC Court of Appeals ruled that the recent order issued by Judge David Lee in the Leandro case is unconstitutional. The order bypassed the…
Research Brief
Education
Leandro Order: Creating a Constitutional Crisis to Benefit the Education Establishment
Superior Court Judge W. David Lee violated the separation of powers by ordering state finance officials to transfer $1.7 billion in taxpayer money from the General Fund without the requisite…
Education
Worried Parents Make School Board Gains
Jeremiah Poff writes for the Washington Examiner about an interesting development during recent school board elections nationwide. Texas resident Scott Henry had never run for any sort of political office…
Education
Judge Lee’s Leandro Ruling Is Not a Moral Crusade. It’s a Money Grab.
Statement From Dr. Terry Stoops on Judge Lee’s Leandro Ruling Judge David Lee’s Leandro ruling is not a moral crusade. It’s a money grab. Today, Judge Lee trampled the North…
Education
Martin Center Column Explores Negative Impact of College Sports
Laurence Peterson writes for the Martin Center about critical questions surrounding college sports. Intercollegiate sports, particularly football and basketball, have ever so slowly, over the years, inserted themselves insidiously into…