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Carolina Journal‘s Don Carrington reports: As the Cooper administration engaged in negotiations involving the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a national governors’ group warned a Cooper adviser against a state agency taking…
McCrory was a quoted governor on the transportation funding problem in Washington D.C. and how it will effect the states. “Once you start reacting to growth as opposed to preparing…
View in your browser. Welcome Today marks the five-year anniversary of the adoption of the Common Core State Standards in North Carolina. How do you plan on celebrating? CommenTerry On…
On March 17, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on reauthorizing the federal surface transportation law, which is currently set to expire on May 31, 2015. North…
Congress has until the end of this week to take action to prevent a funding lapse and partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which would affect the…
Yesterday the House approved a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which was operating under a continuing resolution set to expire in February. The bill (HR 240)…
Hugh Hewitt‘s latest column for the Washington Examiner focuses on political implications of the Common Core school standards debate. Widespread (and very passionate) opposition to the new standards and tests…
Compare the following articles from July 7, 2014: NEA wants Duncan’s resignation and Obama: Put better teachers in poor schools There are two ways to look at the policy implications…
As North Carolina continues to debate the proper response to Common Core public school standards, the latest issue of TIME magazine highlights the ongoing Common Core controversy across the country.…
View in your browser. Welcome On Wednesday, I published a new report, Common Core State Standards: The way forward. In this week’s CommenTerry, I provide an excerpt from that study.…
I point out in my new Q&A publication, “60 Questions About Common Core: Answers for North Carolinians,” that Common Core proponents have a tendency to scoff at, rather than address…
Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. RALEIGH — Just five months after releasing a report that outlined key questions surrounding…