type of school funded in whole or in part by general taxation
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…
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…
Using a type of school choice known as open enrollment, parents can select any traditional public school with open seats instead of sending their children to their residentially assigned school.…
Introduction Article IX, Section 2 of the North Carolina State Constitution speaks to the state’s responsibility for public education when it declares, “The General Assembly shall provide by taxation and…
How and where we educate our children is a freedom that North Carolinians hold dear. However, merely professing it doesn’t make it a reality. Last month, the Carolina Journal poll…
A recent Carolina Journal poll found strong support for the concept of intradistrict open enrollment in North Carolina’s K–12 public schools. The poll surveyed 700 likely 2026 general election voters…
Students from schools with a low percentage of children in poverty generally do better than students from schools that a have a high percentage of children in poverty. That’s a statement…
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,…
Yes, the announcement listed above is from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI). Truth be told, I did a double-take when I saw it. NC DPI hosting…
North Carolina remains one of the worst states in the country when it comes to promoting choice among traditional public schools (i.e., not counting charter schools), according to a 2025…
On a recent episode of State Lines on PBS North Carolina, panelists debated the merits of North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program, a popular school choice program that helps parents cover…
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a recent Carolina Journal Poll said that they would support a policy giving students the opportunity to transfer to a public school of their choice,…