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Yesterday afternoon, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) hosted a press conference to celebrate “the exceptional educational choices available in North Carolina’s public schools.” The press conference also…
Aaron Sibarium of the Washington Free Beacon highlights one industry that’s standing with Black Lives Matter protesters. Following the death of George Floyd, the world’s largest insurance companies spoke up…
How much do school employees with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools earn? The Winston-Salem Journal posted the data for the last four school years. Benefits are not included. The highest-paid teacher was an…
Amity Shlaes pens a paean to MetLife in the latest issue of Forbes. “THANK YOU, MetLife.” That’s what we all ought to be saying this month, as the insurance company…
Charters outperform districts on state tests
National Charter Schools Week is this week! (Unlike Teacher Appreciation Week, National Charter Schools Week is a seven-day event.) To celebrate National Charter Schools Week, the NC Alliance for Public Charter…
A Charlotte Observer headline the other day caught my eye: “Texas subprime retailer Conn’s planning big NC expansion.” Subprime retailer? Don’t think I’d ever seen those two words used before…
Jim McTague details in his latest “D.C. Current” column for Barron’s the political maneuvering behind a big Capitol Hill victory for insurance companies. Last week, the insurance industry pulled off…
Thomas Donlan‘s latest editorial commentary for Barron’s considers the five-year anniversary of decisions in Washington that cemented the “too big to fail” arrangements for the nation’s major financial institutions. Faced…
Given the role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in the recent housing collapse, Jonathan Laing‘s latest cover story in Barron’s offers at least some comfort. The recent news from…
It is crony capitalism at its worst. Executives at taxpayer-bailed out firms received Treasury Department-approved pay hikes — your hard-earned tax dollars at work. The Special Inspector General for the…
I know what you are thinking. I am commenting on another article from the October 2012 issue of Economics of Education Review! Sorry, it is what I do. Anyway, Dorothyjean…