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More students than ever are enrolling in North Carolina’s private schools, according to a new report from the Division of Non-Public Education. The data show that North Carolina’s private schools…
Parents want more educational options. While school choice has grown in recent years, 75 percent of all K–12 students still attend public schools in North Carolina. School choice has come…
At long last, a budget proposal has been presented by the North Carolina General Assembly. Ours was the only state to go the entire fiscal year of 2025–26 without a…
The following represents model legislation for North Carolina to establish within-district and cross-district open enrollment.
Within-district open enrollment is a form of school choice that lets parents choose any traditional public school within their child’s resident school district if there are open seats. The following…
RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers released the long-awaited budget today. The following is a statement from John Locke Foundation CEO Donald Bryson: “After nearly three years without a new comprehensive…
Jack Fowler writes for National Review Online about Pennsylvania Democrats’ opposition to education options their constituents support. Americans are strongly in favor of charter schools. [The survey] shows that 53…
A new report from the John Locke Foundation explains how state and local policymakers in North Carolina can effectively implement open enrollment, a type of school choice that expands access…
Last week was a pretty good week for those who work to expand educational freedom. The North Carolina Senate voted to override Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of HB 87. That…
A national report which saw big drops in teacher union membership and strength in North Carolina has raised some interesting responses from local media outlets in the Tar Heel State.…
Finally. It took a while — nine months to be exact — but yesterday the North Carolina House of Representatives overrode Gov. Josh Stein’s August 2025 veto of legislation (HB…
That’s a new finding from the May Carolina Journal Poll. The poll of 600 likely voters and conducted on May 10–11, 2026, found that 65 percent of respondents “support allowing…