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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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Another Look at Local Teacher Pay in North Carolina
“God knows we don’t pay you enough.” That was one of the key takeaway lines from Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech to the convention of the American Federation of Teachers in…
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Passing Educational-Freedom Legislation is Only the First Step
Note: This article originally appeared in National Review on August 19, 2024. It is reprinted with minor modification. Christine Fairbanks is an education-policy fellow at the Sutherland Institute. Robert Luebke is the…
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Parents Continue the Fight Against Biden’s New Title IX Regulations
After a highly contentious two-year-long review process, the Biden administration’s new Title IX regulations went into effect on Aug. 1 in thousands of school districts across the country. The administration…
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NC School Choice Enrollment: The Numbers Tell the Story
On the same day that parents were rallying at the General Assembly to urge lawmakers to fund expansion of the popular Opportunity Scholarship Program, state officials released numbers showing enrollment…
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NC Parents Plan Show of Support for Popular Opportunity Scholarship Program
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…
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Frustrated by Lawmaker Delays?
Are you a concerned parent and wondering if there is anything you can do to help ensure lawmakers approve funding for the promised expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program? The…
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A Message from Parents: Stop Slow-Walking NC Voucher Money, Republicans
“This could end very badly.” That’s the sentiment I pick up from discussions with parents, educators and policymakers frustrated with efforts by the N.C. House to slow-walk expansion of the…
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New Healthful Living Standards Approved by North Carolina State Board of Education. What Happens Next?
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…
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Introducing the Franklin Standards: New Model Content Standards for K–12 Science
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…
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How Does a School District Go Broke with $1.1 Billion in Revenues? When It Spends $1.3 Billion.
That’s the title of a cautionary tale posted last week by Chad Adelman on the web site, The 74 Million. Adelman tells the story of how bad decisions and incompetence…
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Revised K–12 Healthful Living Standards Raise More Questions Than Answers
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…
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So How Did School Districts Spend Federal Covid Dollars?
That’s a question many have been asking over the last three years that the federal government has been distributing money to schools. Since 2021 North Carolina has received about $6.2…