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Strong proponents of school choice, Locke supports the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, and care of our children.
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State Board of Education Members Get Update on Review of Academic Standards
At yesterday’s monthly meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Education, board members heard an update about the review of academic standards in the areas of Science and Healthful…
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Intensive Tutoring is the Best Way to address Learning Loss. Why is it lacking in so Many NC School Districts?
A consensus has been emerging that tutoring is the best way to remedy learning loss (See here, here, and here). This is no surprise to parents. However, schools have been…
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Ending Payroll Dues Deductions — The Right Way
A bill to end payroll dues deductions for all public employees In North Carolina was introduced earlier this week. The legislation (SB-87), sponsored by Senators, Hise, Krawiec and Johnson, will…
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The Lowrie Gang–On This Day in NC | February 16, 1872
The Lowrie Gang of Robeson County robbed for the last time. Many locals feared the violent gang. The poor, however, considered them to be local Robin Hoods because they shared their stolen…
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Progressives Get Desperate to Derail NC Parents’ Bill of Rights
The Left continues to hyperventilate over North Carolina’s proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights, SB 49. In yesterday’s Raleigh News and Observer, Sara Pequeno joined in the fray when she opined…
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Government Affairs Update: Parents’ Bill of Rights (S.B.49)
This week, the North Carolina Senate introduced Senate Bill 49: “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” sponsored by Senators Amy Galey, Michael Lee, and Lisa Barnes. Locke’s “2023 State of North Carolina…
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Poll Finds Parental Choice Continuing to Gain Strength in North Carolina
A new Civitas Poll finds plenty of good news for school choice advocates. Respondents overwhelmingly agreed (83 percent) that parents should decide where their child attends school. Support for charter…
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More Evidence Why Our Schools Need Effective — Not Necessarily Experienced — Teachers
Students linked to teachers identified as effective or ranked as high performing prior to the pandemic, experienced less negative impact on academic achievement during the lockdowns than students who were…
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On This Day in NC
February 1, 1960 | Four African-American students from NC A&T were refused service at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro. They had ordered coffee. Their action inspired a wave of sit-ins across the…
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On This Day in NC | January 27, 1788
January 27, 1778 | William Tryon died on this day. He had been a royal governor for North Carolina and New York. He is most known for ruling during the Regulator Rebellion that lasted…
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Governor Cooper changes his stripes — again.
Last year North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper raised a lot of eyebrows when he issued a proclamation celebrating January 23rd to 29th 2022, as School Choice Week in North Carolina. Considering…
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It’s that time of year. . .
It’s time to celebrate National School Choice Week (NSCW). As usual, North Carolina has numerous events to commemorate a parents’ right to choose the best educational option for their children;…