Education
Public School Finance
Introduction Article IX, Section 2 of the North Carolina State Constitution speaks to the state’s responsibility for public education when it declares, “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and…
Los Angeles Unified School District
California school district serving almost all of Los Angeles and surrounding areas
Education
Trump tariffs will have negative impact on NC public schools
President Donald Trump’s tariff proposals have put the country on edge. While many conservatives have rightly applauded the president’s efforts to downsize government, eliminate the Department of Education, and end…
Education
HVAC problems at WCPSS are largely of their own making
WRAL.com recently ran an article on how Wake County school leaders are scrambling for funding to help fix HVAC problems at district schools. One of the solutions they are considering is to use…
Liberty
Public School Finance
Introduction Article IX, Section 2 of the North Carolina State Constitution speaks to the state’s responsibility for public education when it declares, “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and…
Research Brief
Education
Claims from WCPSS Leaders Wither Under Close Scrutiny
Last week leaders from the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) came together for a press conference to share their belief that legislation expanding the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) would…
Education
How Does a School District Go Broke with $1.1 Billion in Revenues? When It Spends $1.3 Billion.
That’s the title of a cautionary tale posted last week by Chad Adelman on the web site, The 74 Million. Adelman tells the story of how bad decisions and incompetence…
Liberty
LA Unions Pursue Goals That Would Harm Kids Again
Editors at the Washington Examiner lament the latest evidence of big city unions that pursue policies against children’s interests. Public sector unions in Los Angeles are COVIDing the city’s children…
Liberty
An Unwelcome Transformation of American Grade Schools
Tristan Justice of the Federalist highlights disturbing changes in public schools serving younger children. Government grade school isn’t what it used to be. More than two years after America’s ruling…
Liberty
Seattle Schools Want to Devote More Money to Woke Causes Than Basic Skills
Robert Schmad reports for the Washington Free Beacon on dubious priorities within Seattle’s public school system. As more students fail to meet academic standards in Seattle, public education officials in…
Liberty
LA Schools Host Critical Race Theorist, Deny Teaching Based on CRT
Spencer Lindquist writes for the Federalist about the latest incident involving subterfuge and Critical Race Theory in schools. The Los Angeles Unified School District Office of Human Relations, Diversity &…
Education
Virginia Offers Useful School Safety Lesson
Editors at the Washington Free Beacon highlight a useful test case of the policy of removing police from schools. The Alexandria, Va., public school system learned a quick lesson in…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Reality Morphs Covid Funds into Windfall for NC K-12 Education, Part 1
Under the growing threat of a coronavirus combined with the government-imposed economic shutdown, Congress approved $6 billion in Covid-19 relief funds for K-12 public schools in North Carolina. A recovering…