Liberty
Youngkin Offers GOP Pre-K Path
Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute explains how Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is setting a good example for fellow Republicans. The public wins when Democrats and Republicans are both…
Preschool
educational establishment offering early childhood education to children
Liberty
National Review Editor Labels Biden Child-Care Policy ‘Folly’
Rich Lowry of National Review Online critiques President Biden’s approach to federal child care policy. Joe Biden has a New Deal for America’s kids. He wants to spend more than…
Education
N.C. State Guidance Puts Preschoolers in Classrooms and Kindergarteners on Computers
The beginning of the school year is coming up fast. While many parents are preparing to school their children from home in the fall, parents of preschoolers will likely have…
Research Brief
Education
State officials tell preschools to maximize in-person instruction, minimize remote learning
Apparently, what’s good for a 5-year-old in a public school kindergarten class is much different than what’s good for a 4-year-old in a state-run preschool program. At last count, 64…
Education
NC DHHS: remote learning for NC Pre-K “an option of last resort and used as sparingly as possible”
Sorry, I just need to say it again. I’m amazed that the guidance for NC Pre-K sites is so different from the requirements for K-12 public schools. Just in case…
Research Brief
Education
Consultant Hired to Recommend Billions in New Education Spending Fulfills Mandate
As many predicted, the California-based consulting firm WestEd is recommending that North Carolina spend billions of taxpayer dollars on preschools and district schools to meet the requirements of the Leandro…
Education
“Anywhere you live, you’ve got to have rules and regulations. Otherwise, you would just have whatever.”
The comment above is from Forest Park City Manager Angela Redding, explaining to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter why the city shut down a fruit and vegetable stand operated by an area…
Education
CJ Commentary: Avoiding top-down approach to disadvantaged districts
Senior Political Analyst Mitch Kokai has written a commentary published in Carolina Journal on the discussion surrounding a recent report from the General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division. The report centers…
Education
Gov. Cooper promotes religious education for preschoolers
In a round table discussion of the “health care coverage gap,” Gov. Roy Cooper championed faith-based preschools. Participants in the round table included Cassandra Brooks, who owns Little Believers Academies. Little Believers…
Education
New Carolina Journal Online features
Lindsay Marchello reports for Carolina Journal Online on debate surrounding a possible virtual preschool. Kristen Blair’s Daily Journal focuses on screens and reading.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online features
Julie Havlak reports for Carolina Journal Online that government subsidies muddy the debate over farmers’ plight in a trade war. John Hood’s Daily Journal weighs the importance of a new…
Education
Study: State-funded preschool has “adverse effects on academic achievement”
From “Effects of the Tennessee Prekindergarten Program on children’s achievement and behavior through third grade,” an article published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, At the end of pre-k, pre-k participants in…