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Sometimes public policy can seem abstract and theoretical. Sometimes it’s hard to connect the dots between the decisions state lawmakers make, and the impact those decisions have on average people…
In 2017, North Carolina lawmakers made their state the sixth to enact education savings accounts since 2011, following the design pioneered in Arizona. With an account, the state deposits a…
House budget writers proposed a $25.7 billion biennial budget that would grant an average 5.5% raise to teachers and give multiple bonuses. The House budget would expand private school choice…
John Trump reports for Carolina Journal Online on a recent meeting that exposed basic problems with North Carolina’s alcohol regulations. Bob Luebke’s CJ Opinion touts the value of learning-loss education…
Learning Loss Education Savings Accounts can remedy the damaging impacts of students being out of the classroom and empower parents to find the educational option that best fits their child’s…
We know learning loss from months of remote learning is real. We don’t know how deep and how wide that loss is yet. We know many students are suffering from…
Prospects for expanded educational choice in North Carolina when the North Carolina House of Representatives passed the Equity in Opportunity Act (HB 32) on straight party line vote, 69-49. The…
Jayme Metzgar writes for the Federalist about one state’s major turnaround on parental school choice. Last week, with very little noise or fanfare, the West Virginia legislature passed the most…
Who would have guessed it? Governor Roy Cooper’s handling – or mishandling – of Coronavirus pandemic and school re-openings has generated record interest in school choice and expanding educational opportunity…
Learning loss is a real problem without a simple, one-size-fits-all solution. For addressing a student's learning deficit, research increasingly favors tutors because they have different skill sets than teachers. Education…
State legislators are rightly concerned about how kids are faring in a virtual learning environment. Some may have adapted well, but others are being left behind. We can’t have that.…
School choice in North Carolina is flourishing. Today more than 370,000 students attend charter, private or home schools in the Tar Heel State. That’s works out to about 1 in…