Last Thursday the John Locke Foundation released its annual January School Choice Poll. The poll of 700 likely voters in North Carolina was taken from January 22 to January 25, 2026,…
Introduction The North Carolina State Constitution requires the General Assembly to provide “for a general and uniform system of free public schools.” That same document recognizes that “the people have…
Those straining noises you heard yesterday were the eyebrows of North Carolina school choice advocates being raised in justified skepticism. The occasion? Governor Roy Cooper signed a state proclamation declaring…
Empowered parents and thriving kids. That’s what it boils down to when we talk about North Carolina’s school choice movement. It’s not anti-district school to support putting mom and dad…
School choice in North Carolina is flourishing. Today more than 370,000 students attend charter, private or home schools in the Tar Heel State. That’s works out to about 1 in…
How many charter schools are in North Carolina? Does the Opportunity Scholarship Program save money for taxpayers? Do North Carolinians support the idea of school choice? Find answers to those…
Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision to sign the Coronavirus Relief Act 3.0 is deeply satisfying. After years of enduring his strident opposition to the expansion of school choice in North Carolina,…
As we reach the midpoint in this year’s National School Choice Week (NSCW), we should reflect on how far we have come and what is next for school choice in…
Andy Smarick writes for the American Enterprise Institute that school choice supporters should resist the temptation to turn to the federal government for help. School choice advocates were heartened by…
According to a survey commissioned by the Center for Education Reform in Washington, D.C., there is strong support for school choice and charter schools among North Carolina voters. Here are…
RALEIGH – Charter, private, and home school students have saved N.C. taxpayers nearly $900 million in school building costs since 2000. That’s a key finding in a new John Locke…
RALEIGH — Most elementary and middle-school students in North Carolina do not attend a school chosen by their parents, according to a new study from the North Carolina Education Alliance…