In the end, Gov. Cooper’s supplemental budget recommendations signal his affinity for the education establishment, disregarding long-standing infrastructure needs and supporting antiquated employee compensation practices that do little to improve…
JLF’s Terry Stoops writes for News & Record that plans laid out by Congress fail to find long term solutions to school facilities needs: Both plans fail to articulate a long-term…
Everybody wants a piece of North Carolina’s statutory debt limit. For the third consecutive year, the Debt Affordability Study recommends increasing the debt limit to 4.5 percent of General Fund…
If you think the 2020 election won’t be a big enough hoot, the only thing that could make it a bigger hoot—at least here in Greensboro—would be if a $1…
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal that Stough Elementary school, built in Wake County in 1968, will soon be torn down and rebuilt. The project will cost more than $37…
I have read numerous social media posts by teachers who contend that the May 16 walkout is about more than just teacher pay. They argue that school facilities are in…
Earlier this week, I participated in the first of three Hometown Debates, a debate series sponsored by The N.C. Institute of Political Leadership (NCIOPL). The event featured yours truly, Senator…
Dan Way reports for Carolina Journal Online on N.C. Senate consideration of a bill designed to help rural, low-wealth school systems replace aging school buildings. John Hood’s Daily Journal highlights…
Jackson County school expenditures are in the news. The standout line item in a $9 million capital improvement budget is $2.6 million for repairing leaking roofs on four schools. The…
The Macon County Commissioners are going to apply for QZAB funds for Union Academy. It sounded like one of those federal thingies where people get paid to whine. I checked…
View in your browser. Welcome This week’s CommenTerry is an election wrap-up with a focus on education issues. I mean, seriously, what else did you expect? Bulletin Board Learn. The…
One of Obama’s stock defenses of more government “stimulus” spending is that we’ll get both better education and more jobs if we spend more money to fix up school buildings.…