A split panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed this morning a trial court ruling preserving career status, or tenure, for N.C. public school teachers. But the ruling…
Delicia Hare is trying so hard to help her son, Christian. She applied for and received an Opportunity Scholarship so Christian can thrive in a school that meets his needs,…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports on the positive development today regarding the Opportunity Scholarship program. The N.C. Court of Appeals will allow nearly 1,900 students to get vouchers for the…
Bob Orr, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the lawsuit challenging Opportunity Scholarships, said there was no attempt to strategically calculate the timing of the legal action to try to…
The Opportunity Scholarships legal wrangling continues. On Tuesday, the N.C. Supreme Court dismissed an effort to put a ruling by Superior Court Robert Hobgood declaring the voucher program unconstitutional until…
Voucher supporters have file an emergency motion to put Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood’s ruling halting vouchers on hold until the case is decided on appeal. “The Superior Court’s action…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports on reaction to the ruling by Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood, who, incredibly, has ruled that the Opportunity Scholarship voucher program that allows low-income kids…
Weep for the children who are — for now at least — trapped in traditional classrooms that do not serve their needs. And it’s all thanks to North Carolina progressives…
In the latest CJ Online news story, Barry Smith reports that Judge Robert Hobgood has allowed funding to go forward for the Opportunity Scholarship Program, letting 2,400 low-income students attend…
Parents want more control over the education of their children. And for those low-income families who believe the traditional public classroom has failed them, the state legislature passed the Opportunity…
Carolina Journal’s Barry Smith reports on Wake County Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood’s ruling, which defends the status quo in Big Education policy, and reaction from Senate Leader Phil Berger,…
This morning Wake County Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood issued an injunction for another Republican law. Today’s injunction applies to a 2013 law that phased out teacher tenure (also called…