65% of likely North Carolina voters believe that classroom instruction in K-12 schools has become more political over the last five years. 57% of survey participants agreed that teachers give…
Academic transparency is one way to guarantee that teachers adhere to the Code of Ethics for North Carolina Educators, which requires that they do not “proselytize for personal viewpoints that…
This week, Reps. Hugh Blackwell, John Torbett, Jon Hardister, and Jeffrey Elmore filed House Bill 755: Academic Transparency. The bill would require teachers to post instructional materials used during the…
Budgets lay out priorities. Votes on the budget reflect priorities of lawmakers. The governor had his with a 2.3% increase in spending. The House passed a budget last week that…
You should know where JLF stands on N.C.’s mandate and subsidies for renewable energy and subsidies. We’ve written extensively about North Carolina’s renewable energy portfolio standards and what a bad…
The John Locke Foundation has opposed North Carolina’s renewable energy standards mandate since it first passed into law as Senate Bill 3 under liberal leadership in 2007. The imposition of…
The N.C. Values Coalition issued the following news release on Thursday. ——————————————————- Raleigh, NC – The North Carolina Values Coalition released today their 2014 Pro-Family Scorecard. The Scorecard scores members…
View in your browser. Welcome There appears to be some confusion about who is responsible for bringing the Common Core State Standards to North Carolina. In this week’s CommenTerry, I…
Happy Veterans’ Day! How big of a deal is the military in North Carolina? Well, it’s is a pretty big deal. North Carolina has the 3rd largest military population in…
House Bill 298, Affordable and Reliable Energy Act was the only bill heard in the House Public Utilities Committee today. When a mandate for utility companies to derive 12 ½%…
The House Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Energy and Emerging Markets voted on House Bill 298, a bill to roll back the mandate on renewable energy sources that has…
View in your browser. Welcome Today’s CommenTerry is a short assessment of Walter Dalton’s education plan, "Great Jobs Grow from Great Schools: Walter Dalton’s Education Plan: Building Momentum for a…