Dominic Pino of National Review Online reports on the latest offense from the nation’s most infamous socialist. Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) has blocked a joint resolution sponsored by Senator…
From media reports, you might get the idea that US Airways has been fully absorbed into American Airlines. That’s true… except that you have former US Airways crews flying formerly…
Bill McMorris reports for the Washington Free Beacon on a development that could lead to higher prices for your next new automobile purchase. New union contracts negotiated at American auto…
Writing on the AEI blog, economics professor Mark Perry suggests rewriting an Obama speech calling for an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 so that it calls for a…
Since the General Assembly eliminated tenure for teachers, it sparked a discussion of how and even whether teachers should be evaluated. Stoops provides a summary and history here: NC’s first…
How sad for the children that many of their teachers think this way. From the Fayetteville Observer: More than half the Cumberland County teachers eligible for a controversial four-year work contract…
Teacher tenure has been abolished under the assumption that merit pay encourages greater strategic effort. Contracts were considered a better way of directing the best pay toward the best teachers.…
The Board of Education —unlike their Guilford County counterparts—- take a pass on a lawsuit over teacher tenure. Instead, theu will let teachers decide for themselves whether or not to…
For this year only. So reports ESPN’s Pat Yasinskas. Beason’s base pay goes from $5.25 million to $1 million but he can earn some of that back if he stays…
Raleigh City Manager Russell Allen has asked the city council to adhere to his contract and put his firing in writing. He even provided draft copy. So far, crickets from…
View in your browser. Welcome In last week’s newsletter, I wrote an extensive review of Senate Bill 361: Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013, a comprehensive education reform bill sponsored…
The latest Carolina Journal news report covers a lawsuit filed by Adriadn Ortega, a former N.C. Democratic Party employee, who sued the party for libel and slander after party Chairman…